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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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Industry News
Braidwood Refuels in 16 Days -- This One's a Record
LCG, Nov. 7, 2000--Commonwealth Edison Co.'s Braidwood Unit 2 nuclear power plant returned to service after completing a refueling outage is 15 days, 16 hours and 45 minutes, Exelon Nuclear crowed yesterday. The unit is expected to be at full power today or tomorrow.Never before has a commercial U.S. nuclear power reactor been refueled so efficiently.During the outage, Braidwood personnel and specialty contractors performed more than 2,600 inspections, tests, maintenance, and modifications on a variety of components and systems. Site vice president Tim Tulon glowed "I could not be more proud of the exceptional performance shown during this outage." He said Braidwood has "moved one step closer to realizing our vision of being the world's best nuclear station."Oliver D. Kingsley Jr., president and chief nuclear officer of Exelon Nuclear, said "Our vision is to be the best operator of nuclear plants worldwide and it is through accomplishments like this that we will achieve that vision."Exelon has a bunch of nukes -- the 10 ComEd contributed in the merger of its parent holding company Unicom Corp. with Peco Energy Co., the four belonging to Peco and the Clinton plant that Peco took over from Illinois Power Co.
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UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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