EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

Natura Resources Announces Agreement with NGL Energy Partners to Develop 100-MW SMRs with Large-Scale Produced Water Treatment in the Permian Basin

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.

Read more

OPG Completes Darlington Nuclear Station Refurbishment Project Under Budget and Ahead of Schedule

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.

Read more

Industry News

Tentative Approach Made by AEP to Join PJM

LCG, Oct. 16, 2003--American Electric Power Co. has avoided making a full-fledged committment to yield control over its transmission system to the grid operator PJM Interconnection LLC, leaving uncertainty as to whether it and other utilities may ultimately be part of PJM or the neighboring Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator.

The utility said it would become a member of PJM, but to a very limited extent that would not cover its inclusion in the grid operator's electricity market. Part of the utility's reluctance to be a fully participating member in PJM is based on opposition by Virginia and Kentucky, states where concern exists over the possibility that PJM would give lower priority to the utility's customers there than would AEP. The Midwest ISO said in a statement filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that "the proposal represents very little forward progress and carries a very destabilizing policy implication."

The ability of the PJM and Midwest ISO to agree on operating standards will not be helped while the membership of utilities along their common border remains unclear. While AEP's service territory is relatively large, that lends extra weight to any decision it makes. Numerous utilities, among them Exelon Corp., Constellation Power Source, and Public Service Enterprise Group, many of them in PJM, want AEP to commit itself fully, so that market rules and operations can be developed with broad participation. The Virginia State Corporation Commission has signalled that it will continue to oppose such a move.
Copyright © 2026 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation 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...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service