NRG Says It Would Build New Gas Plants If Texas Approves Payouts
- Company looks to add gas-fired plant, peaker units, renewables
- Texas proposes payouts for operating during critical hours
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NRG Energy Inc. plans to build more natural gas-fired plants in Texas if lawmakers back a proposal to launch new payouts to generators as part of reforms to fortify its state against blackouts.
The Houston-based independent power producer is “in the late stages” of developing projects that will add more than 1.5 gigawatts in Texas, spokeswoman Ann Duhon said in an email. These include a large gas plant and two smaller peaker units that are meant to ramp up and down quickly to react to swings in demand as well as solar and wind generation. NRG has about 11 gigawatts of gas, coal and nuclear generation in the state.