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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
Computer Problems a Drag on Texas Dereg Pilot
LCG, Aug. 20, 2001--Computer problems that delayed the beginning of the Texas electricity customer choice pilot program for two months are still proving to be a drag on the test, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said on Friday.The program, under which 5 percent of the retail electric customers of Texas utilities are eligible to sign up, has attracted only 93,000 customers, and of those not more than 200 have actually been able to switch to new electric service providers.The problem lies in the communications between state computers, the computer of the utilities and those of other market participants. ERCOT, one of 10 regional councils of the North American Electric Reliability Council and the independent system operator for Texas, is managing the test and said it will troubleshoot the communications problem.It had better hurry. Full retail electric deregulation in Texas is supposed to begin on January 1. But the alternative power providers are getting antsy. Shell Energy, the retail electricity unit of the big oil company, said in a filing with the Public Utility Commission of Texas "Some of our customers still cannot even be identified, much less billed on a timely and accurate basis, or have their power scheduled correctly."The Texas program is being closely watched because of problems that have beset California with its electric restructuring law, but officials in the Lone Star State are quick to point out that California's problems were caused by an insufficiency of power supply.In California, the population grew by about 50 percent between 1980 and 2000, while its electric generation grew not at all. Through the 1990s and until early this year, the licensing authorities for new power plants were more concerned with preventing their being built for environmental reasons than they were for the need for power.In Texas, 14 new power plants with a combined capacity of 5,134 megawatts have been commissioned over the past few years and another 13, with a total output of 4,024 megawatts will be completed by the end of this year.Sam Jones, chief operating officer for ERCOT, said the agency is now working its way through its backlog at the rate of 330 requests to switch per day and will be able to boost that to 1,300 a day this week. The goal is to be switching customers at the rate of 21,000 a day by January 1, he said.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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