News
LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
Work to Start on 3000-mile Gas Pipeline
LCG, July 26, 2000--Construction will begin early next year on a natural gas pipeline extending from westernmost China to the Yangtze River delta, according to a report today by the official news agency Xinhua.The cost of the project is expected to equal that of Chinas ambitious Three Gorges hydroelectric project, the news service said.The pipeline, which will originate in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang Uygur province, will extend nearly 3,000 miles eastward to the region around Shanghai. According to todays issue of China petroleum News, companies are increasing efforts to develop gas fields in the western province.Xinhua said the pipeline project will not only make available the potential resources of western China, but will help reform industries in provinces and cities along its route.
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UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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