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LCG, May 14, 2026--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it is proposing a rule to revise wastewater limits, known as effluent limitations guidelines (ELG), for steam electric power plants that will help improve grid reliability and lower electricity prices while continuing to support clean and safe water resources. If finalized, the EPA's proposal is estimated to reduce electricity generation costs by as much as $1.1 billion annually, which could provide cost-savings to American consumers.
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LCG, May 14, 2026--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of eight companies to support the near-term deployment of advanced light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. The DOE states that awardees will collectively receive more than $94 million in Federal cost-shared funding to spur additional Gen III+ SMR deployments by addressing key gaps that have hindered the domestic nuclear industry in licensing, supply chain, and site preparation.
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Industry News
Reuters Ranks Big Power Companies Worldwide
LCG, April 11, 2001When Germany's Eon announced its planned takeover of Britain's Powergen earlier this week, it said it would create the world's largest investor-owned electricity and gas utility when measured by market value.Market value depends on the current trading price of a company's stock, so Reuters decided to rank the top dozen by sales of power, measured in megawatt-hours, and threw in government-owned utilities as well.Here is Reuters' top twelve:- RAO-UES of Russia (government-owned)
- Electricit de France (government-owned)
- Eon plus Powergen
- Tokyo Electric Power Co.
- Enel of Italy (government-owned)
- American Electric Power Co. Inc.
- RWE of Germany
- The Southern Co. of the U.S.
- TXU Corp. of the U.S.
- Endesa of Spain
- Electrobras of Brazil (government-owned)
- Scottish Power
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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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