1,100 MW Michigan natural gas plant sold
Mach Gen, LLC will acquire New Covert Generating Company, LLC, the owner of the Covert Generating Plant located near South Haven, Mich.
The Covert facility is a natural gas-fueled plant that sells power into the Midwest Independent System Operator market. The plant went into operation in 2004.
The acquisition is subject to approval by various federal, state and permitting agencies, and is expected to close by the end of this year.
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LOS ANGELES - Renewable electricity met just shy of 100% of California's demand for the first time on Saturday, officials said, much of it from large amounts of solar power produced along Interstate 10, an hour east of the Coachella Valley.
While partygoers celebrated in the blazing sunshine at the Stagecoach music festival, "at 2:50 (p.m.), we reached 99.87 % of load served by all renewables, which broke the previous record," said Anna Gonzales, spokeswoman for California Independent System Operator, a nonprofit that oversees the state's bulk electric power system and transmission lines. Solar power provided two-thirds of the amount needed.
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