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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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Industry News
CA ISO to Implement Damage Control as Electricity Price Caps Expire
LCG, October 29, 2002-The California Independent System Operator (ISO), responsible for transmission reliability in the state, is preparing to apply its new market design when the electricity price cap expires tomorrow.California's wholesale electricity price cap, currently set at $91.87 per megawatt-hour, was instituted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in June of 2001 to curb spikes in electricity prices. FERC has neglected to extend the price caps beyond October 30, and the California ISO took this into account when creating its new market design proposal.The ISO will use a three-test bid evaluation system in order to determine whether or not an offered wholesale price is reasonable. Prices determined to be unreasonably high will be lowered to a rate determined by an "independent third party." Also, California generators will be forced, under FERC's rules, to offer all available capacity to the market if it is needed. Out-of-state suppliers will also be forced to provide available capacity to other control areas in the west as needed.Bid evaluation will be conducted by the Automatic Mitigation Procedure (AMP), which will determine whether or not a bid is consistent with recent bid history by computer. AMP is only used if the predicted Market Clearing Price is greater than $91.87. If the bid is significantly greater than the projected, unit-specific price and the bid will increase the Market Clearing Price by more than 200 percent or $50, the bid fails and will be lowered to the unit-specific reference price. More detail on the market rules can be found from the ISO's website: www.caiso.com.Current wholesale electricity prices are well below last summer's and have remained around $30 to $40 per megawatt-hour.
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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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