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LCG, October 16, 2026--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday its new proposal to revise and accelerate its review of air quality effects for proposed natural gas projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft policy statement highlights revisions designed to (i) avoid unnecessary delays and duplicative analysis and (ii) deliver greater regulatory certainty and a streamlined path forward for project applicants.
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LCG, October 14, 2026--American Electric Power (AEP) today announced plans for a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which AEP will invest approximately $4 billion to advance a new 702-MW fuel cell generation project located near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Google will acquire power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, which is approximately 92 percent owned and controlled by AEP and 8 percent owned by funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP. AEP and its partners plan to start construction this year and to be fully operational by the end of 2028.
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Industry News
Energy Bill Tax Breaks Three Times Earlier Estimate
LCG, Nov. 19, 2003--The energy bill now being debated in Washington contains an estimated $25.7 billion in tax credits or allowances that would be spread over the next 10 years, and in the view of some free-market advocates and other observers, represent highly targeted subsidies to particular sectors of the energy industry.Approximately three-fourths of the tax inentives could be used by energy companies. Many of the tax breaks, including those for consumers, are not based on levels of energy production or savings, but on the type of technology or application involved. A senior policy analyst of the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, Charli Coon, was quoted in the New York Times as saying of the bill, "Congress should not be determining the energy winners and losers nor the appliance winners and losers." Coon believes that purchasing decisions should not be based on tax incentives.Another observer who was quoted was Jerry Taylor, who directs the natural resources program of the Cato Institute, which adopts a strong libertarian stance against what it sees as excessive government influence. "If a technology has merit, there is no need to subsidize it, and if a technology does not have merit, no amount of government subisidy is going to give it merit," Taylor said.Robert McIntyre directs Citizens for Tax Justice, which receives funding from labor groups, and asked, "What are we doing with this bill? Are we cutting prices for energy so we use more of it? ...This bill is just political payoffs to people who make contributions."Last year, the Bush administration wrote in a letter to Congress that it was targeting about $8 billion worth of tax incentives for energy producers, roughly half of what is outlined in the current bill before considering additional tax breaks for consumers. Concerns have been raised about the possibility that some of those claiming the credits could perpetrate fraud in filing their taxes, due to the difficulty the Internal Revenue Service would have in monitoring all such claims of eligibility.
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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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