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Southern Power is intending to expand its 29th solar project, the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell County, Texas. 

The company says the Phase III expansion will account for an added 132 MW from the previous Phase I and Phase II expansion of 200 MW and 180 MW, respectively.

“This expansion of the Millers Branch Solar Facility represents the final phase of construction at the facility,” says Robin Boren, Southern Power president.

“The completion of this work will bring the facility’s total generating capacity to 512 MW, making Millers Branch our largest solar facility to date and significantly enhancing Southern Power’s ability to deliver clean energy on a larger scale. This project is just the latest testament of our longstanding commitment to building the future of energy and providing for the renewable energy needs of our customers and communities.”

The company will continue to lead the development and construction of all phases of the project Phase III is expected to achieve commercial operation in 2026. It signed PPAs with Synopsys and Keysight Technologies for environmental attributes, such as RECs, produced under their respective shares of the facility.

Southern Power is a subsidiary of Southern Company.

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Is School a Jail Sentence?

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We’ve all heard ideas like the one being expressed here, though this one sounds extreme.  Jail sentence?  Education is exclusively an exercise in pounding in bad habits?

What’s the outcome for students in the very worst of our schools that make no attempt whatsoever to help its pupils learn to think critically?  Well, their kids learn to:

  • Read and write
  • Do math, at least through algebra
  • Understand some level of history and geography
  • Make friends and get along with others
  • Establish independence from the parents
  • Gain the qualifications for employment

What’s the alternative? Illiteracy? Social isolation? Child labor? Poverty?  Neurotic sloth? Being a burden on society?

Is it a coincidence that the countries with the best educated children are the happiest, sanest and most productive nations on the planet?

Is School a Jail Sentence?

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Saying Goodbye to All of America’s Top Women

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If you’re a competent woman working at the highest echelon in the U.S. government, better start packing your bags.

Saying Goodbye to All of America’s Top Women

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How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend?

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Today we had another “assassination attempt.”

Is it the fourth or the fifth?  I lost track after his ear grew back.

Eventually, after perhaps 20 or 30, even the most dimwitted American will recognize that he’s been played.

Trump is a man of God like I’m a bald eagle.

How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend?

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