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LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.
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LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Industry News
Texas Has Power Glut for Now
LCG, May 30, 2002--Despite the cancellation of 15,000 megawatts of power resources that had been planned in Texas, the Lonestar State is heading into the summer peak season with 24 percent higher electric capacity than expected demand.The state's overall capacity gives the state nearly twice the reserve margin considered necessary for reliability by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Since 1995, 16,000 megawatts of new generation has become operational, and 13,000 megawatts are under construction. 5,000 megawatts remain in development.The building boom would have been helpful for any state, but for Texas, which has little in the way of transmission connecting it to other states, it provided self-reliance. Two small DC ties transfer up to 800 megawatts to and from the Southwest Power Pool. This means that most of the power supply will be available only to Texas customers.Ample supplies of natural gas are attractive to developers, said Daniele Seitz, an analyst with Salomon Smith Barney, speaking to Reuters. "That attracted a lot of developers, Calpine being one of the major ones," Seitz notes. The glut has made older plants, which are less efficient, more in danger of being mothballed.The boom in building seems to be close to tapering off. Said Seitz, "Once developers figured out that there was a lot of capacity coming on line and that it was not matched by the same kind of growth in demand, there was a very quick stoppage to that kind of (building)."
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