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LCG, February 4, 2026--Natura Resources LLC (Natura), a developer of advanced molten-salt nuclear reactors, announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with NGL Water Solutions Permian LLC, a subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL), to pursue opportunities to combine Natura's advanced nuclear reactor technology with thermal desalination for power production and oil and gas produced water treatment. NGL transports, treats, recycles and disposes of more than 3 million barrels per day of produced and flowback water generated from crude oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin.
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LCG, February 2, 2026--Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced today that construction on the four-unit Darlington Refurbishment project is now complete. Station staff are completing final testing, and the last unit is expected to return to service in the coming weeks. OPG stated that the overall project is currently four months ahead of schedule and $150 million under budget.
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Industry News
FERC Receives Criticism Over Grid Incentives
LCG, Mar. 14, 2003--The period allowed by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for public comment on current rulemaking proposals ended yesterday, with a number of commercial energy users and state agencies questioning a method to reward utilities that sell their transmission assets or make them part of regional grids.Numerous estimates were made of how much energy consumers would pay to utilities that were allowed incentives of up to 300 basis points in higher rates of return to yield control of their transmission assets. FERC believes that opening the transmission grid by encouraging regional transmission organizations would lead to lower energy prices. While the Edison Electric Institute, a representative for a group of large investor-owned utilities, put the cost of the incentives at $20 million per year, a group of state consumer advocates estimated their cost at $711 million per year.Profit margins of 15 percent could be possible for utilities under the proposed rules. Williams Cos. Inc. found that the reduction of discrimination in grid access would be beneficial, with the incentives costing residential consumers less than $2 per year. Companies submitting comments to the FERC included Boeing Co., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Weyerhauser Co. Members of that group found the rates of return that would be allowed to be excessive.
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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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