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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
Cal-ISO Bills Water Agency $1 Billion for Power
LCG, Nov. 27, 2001--The California Independent System Operator, which purchases power on the volatile spot market to protect the state's transmission system, has sent a bill for $1 billion to the California Department of Water Resources, which purchases power on behalf of the state's investor-owned utilities, which don't have the money to pay for it.The CDWR didn't actually purchase power from Cal-ISO, but the rationale seems to be that the water agency would have had to buy the power if Cal-ISO hadn't, so it should pay the ISO even if the money is really owed to the companies that produced the power.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week, in response to filings by independent power producers, ordered Cal-ISO to pay its overdue power bills. The ISO had said it didn't really owe the money because it was simply a scheduling coordinator and not a creditworthy power purchaser.FERC said simply that the power producers had to be paid for the power requisitioned and scheduled by the ISO.Cal-ISO said in a filing of its own last week that it would get the money from the CDWR and pay all its past due bills by next February 7, but the payments would have to come in installments, if FERC approves.Cal-ISO also said payment depended on the CDWR responding to its invoices.Gary Ackerman, executive director of the Western Power Trading Forum, a trade association representing the power producers, said "We are anxiously waiting for an answer from CDWR."He added, "We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic -- just iffy."There is a lot to be "iffy" about -- or very little on which one can hang his hat. The CDWR is arguing with FERC over matters of jurisdiction. The ISO says CDWR is just an agent for the cash-strapped utilities and the utilities are the ones who schedule the power anyway. Except the ISO also says it has to schedule power to protect the transmission grid.We can't figure it out. But we do know that Cal-ISO has asked the CDWR to pay it for $1 billion worth of power it didn't sell to the CDWR.
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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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