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LCG, May 7, 2026--PJM issued today its Summer Outlook 2026, which forecasts sufficient generation for typical peak demand this summer. PJM states that it is prepared to call on contracted demand response resources to reduce electricity use during times of high system stress.
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LCG, May 6, 2026--Oklo Inc. ("Oklo"), an advanced nuclear technology company, announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the Principal Design Criteria (PDC) topical report for the Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR), which is currently under construction in Idaho. The PDC topical report establishes a regulatory framework that defines the fundamental safety, reliability, and performance requirements to guide future reactor licensing and design activities, and the approved report should simplify future applications and reduce the need to re-review established material.
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Industry News
Texas Dereg Test Gets off to Very Slow Start
LCG, Aug. 7, 2001--Texas regulators are considering delaying electric deregulation in a 60-county portion of the state near Arkansas and Louisiana because of lack of competition in the region, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported this morning.If the Public Utility Commission of Texas removes the 430,000 residential customers in the East Texas area from the deregulation law, it would be in addition to some 400,000 in the Panhandle, El Paso and other areas already exempted by the legislature."It's as if they gave a party and no one came," Randy Chapman, executive director of the TexasLegal Services Center that represents the interests of low-income ratepayers, told the paper. "Competition is just crumbling. ... I think it really opens the issue of whether or not electric competition in Texas can work."On August 1, Texas began a pilot program to get its utilities ready for full deregulation which is scheduled to begin next January 1. Under the test, 5 percent of each utility's customers are eligible to begin getting electric service from a competitive supplier.That means that about 22,000 customers in East Texas are eligible, but so far not a single retail customer has asked for alternative service."We're concerned that the level of participation in the [test] project is nonexistent," PUCT legal division director Tom Hunter explained to the three-member commission.Speaking to the Star-Telegram, Hunter said "We have filed a petition to ask the commission to look at these areas and to decide whether ... to go forward. We're not talking about a delay forever, but some finite period of time. We're just setting the ball in motion. The commission must decide what to do."So far, fewer than 4 percent of residential customers have signed up with a competitive electric provider in the Houston service area of Reliant Energy Inc., and a little more than 1 percent signed up for such service in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area served by TXU-Texas Utilities Co. Elsewhere in the state, participation remains well below 1 percent.
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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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