News
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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LCG, April 24, 2025--Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced yesterday an agreement with Calpine Corporation (Calpine) to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired facility located near Houston, Texas. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project that is designed to add CCS for the facility’s CO2 emissions. The Calpine facility could then provide a 24/7 supply of low-carbon electricity to the Texas grid plus steam to nearby industrial facilities.
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Industry News
PPL Brings Plants On Line
LCG, July 30, 2002-On Sunday the PPL Shoreham plant began operations, one of several PPL plants recently starting production.The Long Island, NY, Shoreham plant has 79.9 megawatts ofcapacity, and joins another 79.9-megawatt PPL plant in the area, the Edgewood plant, which began operations on the 24th.Two natural gas-fired plants that began operations recently include the Arizona Sundance Energy plant, which came on line July 17 and provides 450 MW capacity, and University Park, which went on line July 25 and provides 540 MW capacity.PPL, which is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, owns 11,000 MW capacity and has brought on line over 1,100 MW this month.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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