News
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
NY Short-Circuit May Cause Summer Troubles
LCG, May 22, 2002-A major Long Island Power Authority transmission line has short-circuited. Crossed wires in a 3 mile underwater part of the line probably caused the problem in the 18-mile transmission line, which connects Oyster Bay and Westchester County by way of the Long Island Sound. If the problem is in the underwater portion and requires replacement transmission, the line may not be serviceable until after the peak-demand summer months, posing a significant problem for LIPA and power officials. According to LIPA chairman Richard Kessel, keeping the transmission line up may be the biggest pre-summer challenge that LIPA has ever encountered.
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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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