News
LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
California PUC Approves PG&E's Contract to Purchase Wind Power
LCG, August 26, 2005--Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced yesterday that its long-term contract to purchase up to 75 MW of wind energy from PPM Energy's Shiloh I Wind Project in Solano County was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).PG&E states that, with the newly approved agreement, it has met its annual goal to increase its renewable purchases by a minimum of 1% of retail load. Earlier this month, PG&E issued its third Request for Offers (RFO) to solicit renewable energy pursuant to the State of California Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program.The State of California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program, which is managed by the CPUC and the California Energy Commission, requires each utility to increase its procurement of eligible renewable generating resources by 1% of load per year to achieve a 20% renewables goal.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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