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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
Ameren to Create Fuels and Emissions Unit
LCG, Oct. 5, 2000Ameren Corp. said yesterday it would create a new subsidiary, Ameren Energy Fuels and Services Co., to provide about $1 billion in fuel procurement and gas supply services for its affiliated companies and other companies in the Midwest.The new unit will supply coal, natural gas, oil, ash management and emission services to Ameren's 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity and manage the supply of natural gas to Ameren's 300,000 retail gas customers, the company said.Michael G. Mueller, an Ameren vice president who will head up the new unit, said it would "focus on coal, natural gas and related fuel service matters."Ameren said that today its fuels organization annually buys, trades and transports 30 million tons of coal from the Powder River and Illinois basins. The organization operates a fleet of over 5,000 railcarsand is constructing two rail-river transfer terminals.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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