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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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LCG, April 24, 2025--Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced yesterday an agreement with Calpine Corporation (Calpine) to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired facility located near Houston, Texas. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project that is designed to add CCS for the facility’s CO2 emissions. The Calpine facility could then provide a 24/7 supply of low-carbon electricity to the Texas grid plus steam to nearby industrial facilities.
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Industry News
$300 Million Allocated For Plants in Bulgaria
LCG, Jan. 17, 2002--Two joint ventures involving Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEC) will receive as much as $300 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction to construct and upgrade coal-fired plants.The projects will be managed by U.S. firms AES Corp. and Entergy Corp.The project developed with AES Corp. will be a new 670-megawatt plant at Maritsa East One section, and will replace a former unit at the site. The plant is seen as requiring a 980 million euro ($863 million U.S.) investment. The other, a joint venture between the NEC and Entergy, is planned as a 470 milion euro ($414 million U.S.) project to upgrade and operate an 840-megawatt plant at Maritsa East Three section.Michael Delia, the EBRD's Deputy Directory for Bulgaria, said "EBRD has been mandated to provide financing for both projects. We have been asked to provide between $100 million and $150 million to each of them."The bank, which will also extend a loan to upgrade and extend Bulgaria's power transmission system, intends to assist the Energy Ministry in privatizing the seven transmission companies in Bulgaria. The ministry wants to sell the companies by year's end. Loans will also aid in modernizing district heating operations over four years.
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UPLAN-NPM
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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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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