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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
Impact of PG&E Rate Hikes Bearable
LCG, June 7, 2002--Higher Pacific Gas & Electric retail electric power rates have been in place for just over a year, and after decreases in consumption, the average monthly increase for households is $8, bringing the average bill to $63 for power and gas.The higher rates are used partially to pay the state of California for its purchases of power through long-term contracts, which started out with a price tag of $40 billion over ten years. The contracts have been roundly criticized as being unjustly priced, even by Gov. Gray Davis, who signed them. Nonetheless, most consumers have borne and paid for the increases because they can afford it. A San Jose resident, Sidney Campbell, was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News, and compared his current bill with the bills he paid two winters ago, when natural gas prices were up 150 percent. "It's still higher. But it's not a big dent. I'd have a hard time standing up and screaming in a public place that somebody's killing us with shenanigans," he said.Businesses have felt more significant increases, from an extra 34 to 50 percent above their previous rates. Bill Ahern of Consumers Union said, "Businesses got absolutely hammered." Ahern is one of a number of advocates of lowering rates, now that wholesale power prices have come down significantly. PG&E's costs are lower than they had been around the crisis of 2001, before federal price caps.
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