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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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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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