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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
Four Big Utilities to Form Internet Transmission Market
LCG, July 18, 2000--Four major electric utilities yesterday announced plans to launch an independent, Internet-based electric transmission exchange that offers a single gateway, or portal, for arranging transmission capacity.American Electric Power Co. Inc., Carolina Power & Light Co., Duke Energy Corp. and Unicom Corp. said they would introduce "an easier, faster way to reserve, schedule and move wholesale energy."The companies said the transmission exchange will be open for use by any group in the energy industry, including power marketers, merchant generators, electric utilities, municipalities, electric cooperatives and energy aggregators. The also expect independent system operators and other regional transmission organizations to use the exchange. Currently, transmission providers frequently use a commercial bulletin board called an Open-Access Same-Time Information System, or OASIS, to post approved transmission reservations and available transfer capacity. More than 170 OASIS sites exist across the United States and multiple transactions are often required before a customer can ultimately move energy."The OASIS systems in operation today are almost four years old, difficult to use, and are limited interms of the information that can be posted on them," said Vito Stagliano, vice president of transmission policy, planning and service with Unicom. "This venture will develop a next generation system marketable to newly forming regional transmission organizations that are expected to emerge as a result of FERC Order 2000."The companies said the transmission exchange is in the formative stages, focused on defining what it will offer and selecting the technical means to put it together. The Boston Consulting Group has been selected to assist in the development of the exchange and the selection of the technology provider.If all goes well, the new transmission exchange would become operational by the end of this year.
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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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