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LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
Duke Will Build 620 MW PA Plant
LCG, May 21, 2002-Duke Energy North America will build a plant at the Fayette Facility in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Duke/Fluor Daniel has signed a contract with Duke Energy to construct the 620 MW combined-cycle plant, which will include two natural gas or fuel oil-fired General Electric 7 FA combustion turbine generators and a GE class D11 steam turbine/generator.Although the costs have not been released, the plant is scheduled for operation in Summer of 2003. North Carolina-based Duke Energy has about 8,000 MW capacity in operation and another 6,700 MW, or 11 plants, under construction.
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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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