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LCG, April 17, 2025--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and its Regional Entities today issued a joint staff report concluding that the nation’s Bulk-Power System (BPS) "performed well during successive cold weather events in January 2025, without major issues in either the natural gas or electric systems."
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LCG, April 15, 2025--Matrix Renewables announced today the successful commissioning of the Pleasant Valley Solar 1 power generation facility in Ada County, Idaho. The 200-MWac solar facility includes a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that was secured through negotiation with Meta and Idaho Power. Matrix Renewables states the facility is the largest operational solar facility in Idaho Power's system. Sundt Renewables, the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services provider, completed construction of the project on March 2nd.
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Industry News
California Muni Adds Capacity to Keep Rates Low
LCG, Dec. 14, 2000--Not everybody in California is suffering from the insufficiency of electric power in the state. The City of Redding plans to add 54 megawatts of generation to the city power plant, boosting its capacity by 50 percent, and paying for the improvement with "other people's money."The Redding Record-Searchlight, a local daily, reported yesterday that the City Council had unanimously approved the $41 million addition to the municipal power plant.The city's electric department will install a new 43 megawatt natural gas-fueled turbine and a heat recovery steam generator that will use the turbine's exhaust to boost production from an existing steam turbine by 11 megawatts.Throughout California's six-month power shortage, Redding and other municipalities that own generation have been called upon by the California Independent System Operator to run their plants full time to provide the thin margin of reserve power that has kept the state's electric transmission system from collapsing.Within limitations imposed by a series of price caps, much of that power went for top dollar on the state's spot market. Redding officials say that at least two-thirds of the cost of the plant addition will be paid for by revenues generated by the power sales."We're essentially going to build this plant with other people's money," Redding Vice Mayor Pat Kight told the Record-Searchlight. "It's not costing the city anything and it guarantees low rates," he said. "If we end up selling more power with this plant, that's just a plus."When California restructured its electric industry, the City of Redding was faced with staggering potential stranded costs exceeding $200 million -- a lot of money for a mid-sized town located 200 miles north of San Francisco.To pay down the debt, the city imposed a 23 percent rate hike on its citizens, boosting their electricity costs from about 8 cents per kilowatt-hour to around 10 cents. That surcharge was to last until 2004, but the power sales that will pay for the plant addition have also enabled Redding to accelerate the paydown of its indebtedness. The surcharge is now scheduled to vanish in 2002, two years ahead of schedule.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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