Texas Grid Proposals Spur Calpine to Build New Gas Plants
- Officials proposing to bolster power grid with fossil fuels
- Texas concerned about grid after 2021 deadly blackouts
Calpine's power plant in Deer Park, Texas, in 2004.
Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg
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Calpine Corp. is planning new natural gas power plants in Texas as state officials move to bolster the grid with fossil-fuel generation.
Calpine’s initial project will be a 425-megawatt gas unit next to an existing facility in Freestone County, the Houston, Texas-based company said Wednesday. Other projects include additional gas plants and installing equipment to capture carbon dioxide emissions at some facilities.