Up in the heartland: Duke Energy broke ground on a 470-MW gas expansion at its oldest coal-fired site in Indiana, while Evergy started construction on a 710-MW Kansas facility—the utility’s first new baseload plant in the state in over 40 years.
Down South: Rapid industrial and data center growth prompted South Carolina regulators to unanimously authorize a $5B, 2.2-GW combined-cycle gas plant (jointly built by Dominion and Santee Cooper) on a repurposed coal site.
The Dominion x Santee Cooper proposal faced fierce consumer pushback after its estimated price tag doubled over initial projections—echoing the utilities’ failed 2017 V.C. Summer nuclear expansion…which ratepayers are still paying off.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Wed, May 20
NEWS: Soaring demand has prompted over 3.3 GW of new gas projects in the Midwest and Southeast.
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