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LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.
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LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.
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Industry News
LI-to-CT Cross-Sound Cable Shut Down by DOE
LCG, May 7, 2004--The high-voltage line that stretches across the Long Island Sound, connecting New York with Connecticut, will cease transmitting power, following a Department of Energy decision that a previously issued emergency order allowing flows was no longer justified.The underwater cable began operations under contentious circumstances, following the power blackout that affected millions last August. According to the Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal prior its activation, the underwater cable had not been buried sufficiently deeply beneath the bottom of the Sound, and posed a hazard to marine life. The 330-megawatt cable was put in place by Cross-Sound Cable Co. LLC.
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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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