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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
Massachusetts Okays Electric Rate Hike up to 69 Percent
LCG, April 3,2001The Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy yesterday approved rate increases for Massachusetts Electric Co. that will range from 23 percent for residential customers up to 69 percent for large industrial customers.The industrial customers will then increase the prices of their products by an amount sufficient to absorb the increased cost of power, passing the rate hike along to their customers, many of whom are residential customers.A typical householder using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month will see his electric bill increase from $61.38 to $75.60, Massachusetts Electric said. The generation portion of the bill will increase from 6.37 cents per kilowatt-hour to 9.213 cents starting May 1, a jump of 45 percent, but with distribution charges and customer service factored in the overall increase will be about 23 percent.Commercial customers will see the cost of electricity rise from 6.493 cents per kilowatt-hour to 9.556 cents, an increase of 47 percent, while industrial users will see a 69 percent increase from 5.46 cents to 9.054 cents.
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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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