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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
Canadians Clash Over Alberta Power
LCG, April 24, 2002-Power generators and consumers began a six-week hearing this week in Calgary over the congestion management of Alberta's transmission grid.Alberta's transmission authority, ESBI Alberta, manages 20,000 kilometers of transmission. Expanding the aging system to meet future generation needs is estimated to cost somewhere between half a billion and one billion Canadian dollars ($319 to $638 million).Generators and consumers, northerners and southerners must find some medium by which to operate the Alberta grid.Large companies like TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. and TransAlta Corp. will contest ESBI's proposals, which include retaining a "postage stamp" approach to increasing production and applying transmission fees to support exports. Postage stamp fees essentially set a standard price on transmission transactions regardless of distance or path of the transaction.Some participants contend that generators may benefit from export revenues gained from expansion, which would be paid for by customers. According to the Dow Jones, Optimum Energy Management Inc.'s Dale Hildebrand asserted, "If you believe in the market, let the market decide. Don't roll costs in to give one generator a competitive advantage over another generator."According to the consulting firm, lower cost generation in northern Alberta will most likely profit from rolled-in costs over southern generation because Alberta's main export line is in the south and transmission is limited in the north-south power corridor.Although Optimum Energy believes an agreement can be reached, an intervener noted, "Organizing the schedule is like herding cats, or better said, lions and Siberian tigers."
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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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