|
News
|
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.
Read more
|
|
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.
Read more
|
|
|
Industry News
Appeals of FERC's Decisions on Western Energy Contracts Planned
LCG, June 27, 2003--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ruling upholding certain power contracts signed during the western energy crisis will be appealed by the state power-buying agency and major western utilities, although the likelihood that such appeals will succeed does not appear significant.Companies selling power under long-term contracts said they are confident that an appeal before FERC will not result in a change in the regulatory agency's stance. The CEO and president of Sempra Energy, Stephen Baum, said that his company's position is supported by a prior ruling issued by the San Diego Superior Court. Besides California, Sierra Pacific Resources subsidiary Sierra Pacific Power Co., PacifiCorp, and Nevada Power Co. will file for rehearings, and will likely present their cases in court if FERC does not change its decisions.FERC and the utilities disagree on whether contracts signed during a time when efforts at manipulation were apparently taking place should stand. While FERC upheld the contracts this week, it also issued "show cause" orders to 60 companies and utilities concerning their behavior in the power marketplace during 2000 and 2001. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca., said that under the circumstances she found the rulings on contracts "incomprehensible." Sempra Energy Resources, one of the sellers to California's Department of Water Resources, said it might consider switching the terms of a contract for 1,900 megawatts over 10 years to a form that would allow the agency to pay for the quantity of power that it uses, rather than a pre-determined amount.
|
|
|
|
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
|
|
|
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
|
|
|
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
|
|
|
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
|
|
|
|
|
