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LCG, December 2, 2025 — LCG today announced the release of its PJM Congestion Outlook for January–March 2026, delivering a fundamentals-based, three-month forecast designed to help traders and risk managers better navigate congestion risks in PJM’s FTR markets.
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LCG, December 2, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Holtec Government Services (Holtec) to support early deployments of advanced, light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. With this announcement, DOE is supporting the first-mover teams to develop and construct the first Gen III+ small modular reactor (Gen III+ SMR) plants in the United States. The project teams will receive up to $800 million in federal cost-shared funding to advance initial projects in Tennessee (TVA) and Michigan (Holtec) and act to expand the Nation’s capacity while facilitating additional follow-on projects and associated supply chains.
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Industry News
Consumers Asks Regulators for Securitization Okay
LCG, July 7, 2000--Consumers Energy Co. said yesterday that it had filed an application with the Michigan Public Service Commission to begin the securitization process for approximately $473 million in qualified stranded costs.The announcement followed by a day that of Detroit Edison Co., Michigans other big electric utility, which on Wednesday asked the commission to approve $1.85 billion in stranded cost bonds.In the securitization process, new bonds are issued to refinance existing debt associated with utility assets that may become uneconomical in a competitive electricity market. Where the original debt is backed by the assets themselves, the new bonds are backed by the revenue flow generated by the assets. Because there is almost no risk associated with a utility collecting its bills, the new borrowing is less expensive than that it replaces.Consumers said the money it saves by issuing the new bonds will allow the company to offset the earnings impact of a 5 percent residential rates reduction that went into effect in June in connection with Michigans electric industry restructuring law.The company said that it had asked the commission to find that its Palisades nuclear power plant capital costs, net of depreciation, be identified as a qualified cost and thus be eligible for inclusion in the refinancing.Consumers said it hopes to issue the bonds by the end of the year.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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