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LCG Releases January–March 2026 PJM Congestion Outlook Featuring Fundamentals-Based 3-Month Forecast

LCG, December 2, 2025 — LCG today announced the release of its PJM Congestion Outlook for January–March 2026, delivering a fundamentals-based, three-month forecast designed to help traders and risk managers better navigate congestion risks in PJM’s FTR markets.

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DOE Selects TVA and Holtec to Rapidly Advance Deployment of Small Modular Reactors

LCG, December 2, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Holtec Government Services (Holtec) to support early deployments of advanced, light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. With this announcement, DOE is supporting the first-mover teams to develop and construct the first Gen III+ small modular reactor (Gen III+ SMR) plants in the United States. The project teams will receive up to $800 million in federal cost-shared funding to advance initial projects in Tennessee (TVA) and Michigan (Holtec) and act to expand the Nation’s capacity while facilitating additional follow-on projects and associated supply chains.

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FERC Reports 2000/2001 Blackouts Were Unavoidable

LCG, March 28, 2002The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reported that Californias electricity industry could not have provided enough energy to prevent blackouts during the energy crisis.

Wednesday, FERC released the report along with a second, larger document addressing market manipulation.

The report showed "no evidence that any of the generators withheld any material amounts of available power during the hours of the firm service interruptions."

Withholding capacity was only one of a stream of allegations aimed at power plant owners after Enrons "smoking gun" memos were found last year.

The California Public Utilities Commission made a filing with FERC more than seven months ago, alleging six companies withheld electricity capacity and therefore contributed to blackouts. CPUCs report was based on data from the California Independent System Operator (ISO), a not-for-profit grid manager responsible for reliability. These six companies were AES Corporation, Duke Energy Inc., Dynegy Inc., Mirant Corp., Williams Cos., and Reliant Resources Inc.

The ISO asserted that data used to compile the CPUC report may have been inaccurate or incorrectly interpreted but does believe that either physical or fiscal withholdings may have contributed to elevated electricity prices.

FERC has essentially closed the issue of withheld capacity leading to blackouts but has not stated its position on whether or not withholdings affected the price of wholesale electricity.

The full report can be found online at www.ferc.fed.us

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