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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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Industry News
California ISO Explains Wholesale Market Proposal
LCG, Feb. 6, 2002--Members of California's Senate Energy Committee heard from ISO officials on a wholesale energy market proposal, which is to be submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by March.Lawmakers want new procedures to be in place by the time wholesale price caps end in September. The hearings brought attention to the difficulty ISO has experienced in including all stakeholders in the rule-making process. A former chief operating officer of the ISO, Kellan Fluckiger, said "it's been pointed out that the ISO, while conducting a stakeholder process, is working in a vacuum."The hearings focused on what consequences would occur when generators did not respond to emergency dispatch orders, or did not deliver power as scheduled. The ISO has charged such generators who do not provide replacement power on their own for the cost of replacement energy. In the last year, the combination of penalties and replacement power that were obtained "wasn't sufficient," said Fluckiger. The proposal outlined for the committee would enable the ISO to impose fines at hours besides just those when price caps are in effect. Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana was skeptical of the effectiveness of the rules, saying he had "no confidence that the ISO will enforce the rules." The ISO also wants to mandate that utilities procure a 15 percent energy reserve. Furthermore, it would try to shift more power purchase transactions to the day-ahead market, as opposed to the hour-ahead and spot markets, for which the ISO is responsible.
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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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