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LCG, October 16, 2026--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday its new proposal to revise and accelerate its review of air quality effects for proposed natural gas projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft policy statement highlights revisions designed to (i) avoid unnecessary delays and duplicative analysis and (ii) deliver greater regulatory certainty and a streamlined path forward for project applicants.
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LCG, October 14, 2026--American Electric Power (AEP) today announced plans for a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which AEP will invest approximately $4 billion to advance a new 702-MW fuel cell generation project located near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Google will acquire power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, which is approximately 92 percent owned and controlled by AEP and 8 percent owned by funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP. AEP and its partners plan to start construction this year and to be fully operational by the end of 2028.
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Industry News
Texas Has Power Glut for Now
LCG, May 30, 2002--Despite the cancellation of 15,000 megawatts of power resources that had been planned in Texas, the Lonestar State is heading into the summer peak season with 24 percent higher electric capacity than expected demand.The state's overall capacity gives the state nearly twice the reserve margin considered necessary for reliability by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Since 1995, 16,000 megawatts of new generation has become operational, and 13,000 megawatts are under construction. 5,000 megawatts remain in development.The building boom would have been helpful for any state, but for Texas, which has little in the way of transmission connecting it to other states, it provided self-reliance. Two small DC ties transfer up to 800 megawatts to and from the Southwest Power Pool. This means that most of the power supply will be available only to Texas customers.Ample supplies of natural gas are attractive to developers, said Daniele Seitz, an analyst with Salomon Smith Barney, speaking to Reuters. "That attracted a lot of developers, Calpine being one of the major ones," Seitz notes. The glut has made older plants, which are less efficient, more in danger of being mothballed.The boom in building seems to be close to tapering off. Said Seitz, "Once developers figured out that there was a lot of capacity coming on line and that it was not matched by the same kind of growth in demand, there was a very quick stoppage to that kind of (building)."
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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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