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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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LCG, October 21, 2025--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued three final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits to ExxonMobil for their Rose Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project located in Jefferson County, Texas. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, these permits allow ExxonMobil to convert three existing test wells permitted by the state to carbon dioxide (CO2) storage injection wells for long-term storage.
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Industry News
Wisconsin Lawmaker Would Push Power Plants
LCG, June 19, 2001Wisconsin state Rep. Tim Hoven, a Republican, is set to introduce legislation which would make it easier for independent power producers to gain a foothold in his state. He plans to insert his four-part plan into the state budget during the Republican Party's caucus later this week.Hoven's plan could mean the end of another plan by Wisconsin Energy Corp. to spend $7 billion on five new power plants and upgrades to others. The company has said that if it can't build its own plants, it will purchase power on the wholesale market from independent companies.Hoven defended his approach, saying "We are trying to develop a competitive wholesale market in Wisconsin." He stressed that encouraging development of independent power plants does not mean that their owners would dominate the market.Steve Hiniker, executive director of the Citizens' Utility Board, a Midwest utility watchdog group, thought they might. "The basic concern is that the folks who brought California to the national forefront are the same people who want to help Wisconsin meet its energy needs," he said. "The IPP's gouged consumers in California, and now they have their own plan on how Wisconsin can meet its energy needs.""I don't buy that type of rhetoric, and I think it's disingenuous to make that kind of argument," Hoven said, charging that drawing comparisons to California is a rhetorical fear tactic that ignores the benefits of competition at the wholesale level.Hoven's plan would incorporate competitive bidding into the permitting process, but it was unclear how that would work. Nevertheless, Wisconsin Energy found fault with that element, saying it would add another layer of bureaucracy to power plant development."We are opposed to any proposal that would add additional layers of unneeded regulation," said Wisconsin Energy spokesman Mike John. "We strongly believe that the Public Service Commission-controlled permitting process provides more than adequate review to the various proposals."Hoven's plan would also allow transmission lines to be added or upgraded so long as there is no significant expansion in transmission corridors. That aspect of the proposal rankled another watchdog group that said it tramples on landowners' rights.
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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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