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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.
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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.
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Industry News
Grid West to be the Successor to RTO West
LCG, December 23, 2004--The owners of much of the electric transmission system in the Northwest voted to proceed with a set of bylaws for Grid West, a non-profit corporation developed to explore solutions to regional transmission system services. Grid West will be the successor to RTO West, which emerged following the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's issuance of Order 2000 and subsequent efforts to create regional transmission organizations, or RTOs.The transmission grid may include areas in the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, with provisions to include British Columbia as well. The transmission owners include Avista Corporation, BC Transmission Corporation, Bonneville Power Administration, Idaho Power Company, NorthWestern Energy, PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Company, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., and Sierra Pacific Power Company.Regional stakeholders have identified a number of problems for Grid West to address, including: rules that prevent maximum utilization of transmission infrastructure; obstacles to efficient, regional transactions; congestion management by curtailment; inadequate transmission planning and construction; and the lack of an independent market monitor, or IMM. The goal is to develop an independent transmission provider that will be operational in 2007.There is opposition to Grid West. Snohomish County Public Utility District unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit to stop the vote held earlier this month. Opponents claim that such regional transmission entities are costly and not necessarily effective in improving transmission services and related operations.
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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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