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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
CA ISO Declares Alert, Low Electricity
LCG, May 31, 2002--On Thursday, the CaliforniaIndependent System Operator (ISO) said thatelectric capacity is low since electricity had been sent out-of-state. The ISO declared the lowest level of alert, thefirst issuance in 9 months, because electricity wassent to the Southwest. Thursday saw a heat wave hitNevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, while two largenuclear plants in California were off-line andtransmission on a north-south line was disturbed. During the energy crisis such issuances happeneddaily, and the ISO believes that rolling blackoutsprobably will not be necessary this summer. The alertonly applied to Thursday.
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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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