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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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Industry News
Power Prices Threaten Washington State Economy
LCG, March 14, 2001--An analysis by the Washington state Office of Financial Management, noting that electricity in the state costs 20 percent more than it did a year ago and natural gas 60 percent more, paints a grim picture for the economy of the state.In a worst case scenario, the study predicts that higher energy prices could cost householders $1.7 billion per year and cut job growth by a third. According to an Associated Press report, the hardest hit will be aluminum refiners, which use massive amounts of power. Those aluminum businesses located in Washington because of the abundance of inexpensive hydroelectric power.It takes water to make hydroelectric power and Washington's rivers are near their all-time lows, as are the impoundments behind dams. Those reservoirs are the fuel tanks for the turbines that provide much of the Pacific Northwest's electricity.Washington Gov. Gary Locke is expected to officially declare a drought emergency today. According to the energy analysis, electric power prices could rise another 50 percent and not come down for two or three years.That will be too much for the aluminum industry, according to Robin King, an official of the Aluminum Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group. "Those high prices simply would not allow aluminum production to resume or continue," he said.Employment in Washington's aluminum industry has dropped from around 7,000 in 1998 to 5,000 today and a state economist says it will be down to 3,000 in another two years.
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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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