Avangrid Delivers First Energy from Powell Creek Solar Project to Ohio Grid, Supporting Putnam County with Jobs and Investment

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Avangrid Delivers First Energy from Powell Creek Solar Project to Ohio Grid, Supporting Putnam County with Jobs and Investment

2025-04-03 01:02 Last Updated At：01:21

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 2, 2025--

Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced that its Powell Creek solar project in Putnam County, Ohio has begun to export energy onto the local electric grid, representing new energy generation to support growing demand in Ohio and the rest of the region. Avangrid continues with commissioning activities and other related work ahead of commercial operation which is expected later this year.

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“Powell Creek is an important, utility-scale solar project that will contribute to Northwest Ohio’s economy and energy independence,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “This project is coming online as energy demand continues to rise across the country, partly due to the growth of manufacturing, electrification, and data centers. When we add new sources of energy onto the grid, like Powell Creek, we’re creating a more robust and reliable electricity infrastructure to benefit the local community, region, and state.”

Powell Creek has a capacity of 150 MWac (202 MWdc) and its 300,000 solar panels will generate enough energy to power the equivalent of about 30,000 homes each year. The project has supported about 500 jobs during construction, most of them being local union workers from the region. Powell Creek sits on land leased directly from landowners

The project will directly support the community through property tax and landowner payments. The project is estimated to contribute over $31 million to local taxing jurisdictions over its life, which supports a variety of public services, including education.

This is Avangrid’s second project in Ohio. Avangrid built its Blue Creek project in 2012, which has a capacity of 304 MW and generates enough power for about 76,000 homes each year.

About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit http://www.avangrid.com.

Florida wins its third national title and denies Houston its first, rallying for 65-63 victory

2025-04-08 11:40 Last Updated At：11:51

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.

Clayton finished with 11 points, all in the second half, but what he’ll be remembered for most was getting Houston’s Emanuel Sharp to stop in the middle of his motion as he tried to go up for the game-winning 3 in the final seconds.

Clayton ran at him, Sharp dropped the ball and, unable to pick it up lest he get called for traveling, watched it bounce there while the clock ticked to zero.

Will Richard had 18 points to keep the Gators (36-4) in it, and they won their third overall title and first since 2007, this time led by third-year coach Todd Golden. The Cougars (35-5) and coach Kelvin Sampson were denied their first championship.

This was a defensive brawl, and for most of the night, Clayton got the worst of it.

He was 0 for 4 from the field without a point through the first half. He didn’t score until 14:57 remained in the game. He finished with one 3-pointer and, before that, a pair of three-point plays that kept the Gators in striking range.

It was Florida’s defense, not Houston’s, that controlled the final minute.

After Alijah Martin made two free throws to put Florida ahead 64-63 — its first lead since 8-6 — the Gators lured Sharp into a triple-team in the corner, where Richard got him to dribble the ball off his leg and out of bounds.

Florida made one free throw on the next possession and that set up the finale. The ball first went to L.J. Cryer — who led the Cougars with 19 points. Blanketed by Richard, he threw to Sharp, who was moving to spot up for a 3 when Clayton ran at him. That left him with no choice but to let the ball go.

Sampson, who designed a defense that held Florida under 70 points for only the second time this season, looked on in shock.

Instead of the 69-year-old becoming the oldest coach to win the title, the 39-year-old Golden becomes the youngest since N.C. State's Jim Valvano in 1983 to win it all.

The Gators trailed by 12 points early in the second half, and Clayton wasn’t the only one getting frustrated.

The Florida bench got a technical during a quick span of three foul calls in less than a minute. Later in the second half, Houston’s smothering defense baited Rueben Chinyelu into a technical after committing a foul.

But that wasn't enough. Houston ends up at the same place as the Phi Slama Jama teams of the 1980s — in second place, but memorable.

This gut-wrenching loss came two nights after the Cougars fashioned a wild comeback of their own, from 14 down against Duke.

All three Final Four games were decided down the stretch, none by more than six. Any thought that the men’s game had been overtaken by the increasingly popular women will probably go on hold at least for a year.

The three women's Final Four games, capped by UConn's blowout of South Carolina on Sunday, were decided by an average of 24.7 points.

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