News
LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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LCG, May 29, 2025--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an analysis yesterday showing that the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasing its curtailment of the rapidly growing solar- and wind-powered generation facilities in order to balance electricity supply and demand, which is necessary to maintain a stable electric system.
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Industry News
ElectriCities Warns: Slow Down on Dereg
LCG, Dec. 21, 2000--ElectriCities of North Carolina Inc., casting an eye 3,000 miles west to California's trouble electricity market, urged lawmakers in its home state yesterday to study deregulation further before doing anything rash.ElectriCities, which represents 72 community electric systems in North Carolina, said the state legislature's Study Commission on the Future of Electric Service in North Carolina "should conduct further studies as to the actual impact of deregulation on all segments of consumers before legislation proceeds."This is a turnaround for the agency, which previously endorsed an aggressive approach to deregulation. Times have changed, ElectriCities said, because of:- Problems with deregulation in California and other states.
- A rise in wholesale prices for natural gas.
- Insufficient study on market domination.
- The need for public hearings to determine actual utility stranded costs.
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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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