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LCG, September 16, 2025--Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) Board of Directors today announced that the Board approved a process to facilitate the connection of large users of electricity to the power grid while continuing to support energy needs for the entire region. SPP's new process is designed to incorporate transmission service, generation, load interconnection and other relevant reliability studies into a single framework that enables timely, informed decision-making and action.
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LCG, September 15, 2025--Longroad Energy announced today the financial close of 1000 Mile Solar, its 300 MWac (400 MWdc) solar project in Yoakum County, Texas. Longroad Energy finalized a long-term offtake agreement with Meta late last year in the form of an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement, which includes a financial settlement arrangement for the entire energy output of 1000 Mile Solar.
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Industry News
Easily Recoverable Appalachian Coal Expected to Last 20 Years
LCG, Mar. 29, 2002--A study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey over six years concludes that 11 percent of the substantial coal reserves in Appalachian states can be recovered economically with current technology.Technological advances have increased the amount of recoverable coal, but Leslie Ruppert, who led the study, said that the coal accessible to mining using present techniques may be exhausted within two decades. Beyond the 7.3 billion short tons considered recoverable, Ruppert said, "today, it is coal quality, and not coal quantity, that controls coal pruduction in the Appalachian basin." Of the coal that is not economically viable today, disadvantages include high sulfur content, and seams that are thin or deep underground.Bill Raney, with the West Virginia Mining Association said, "right now, we're mining coal seams we passed over years ago. I've got a lot of hope in technology." Raney said that the value of coal would impact the amount recovered. Northern Appalachia coal that is high in sulfur content cannot be used under clean air standards, but funding for clean coal technologies that might allow burning of higher sulfur content coal is being considered by Congress.Approximately 40 percent of national coal production is located in the Appalachian basin, and coal is used to produce about half of national electric generation.
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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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