CPS Energy Acquires Gas Plants in Corpus Christi and Laredo From Talen Energy as Part of Approved Generation Plan
SAN ANTONIO, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CPS Energy and Talen Energy Corporation ("Talen") (OTCQX: TLNE) announced an agreement for CPS Energy to acquire Talen's approximately 1,710-megawatt ("MW") generation portfolio located in the South Zone of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT") market for $785 million subject to customary net working capital adjustments at closing. These assets include natural gas plants in Corpus Christi and Laredo. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024.
- These assets include natural gas plants in Corpus Christi and Laredo.
- This action supports CPS Energy's generation plan, approved in 2023 by its Board of Trustees.
- CPS Energy's Vision 2027 plan includes its generation plan that contemplates the retirement of 2,249 MW of older and inefficient dispatchable generation capacity before 2030.
- CPS Energy has added 730 MW of solar energy and 50 MW of energy storage to date as part of its generation plan, with an additional 500 MW energy storage RFP in the works.