News
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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LCG, April 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced yesterday its submission of a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Robinson Nuclear Plant, a 759-MW nuclear unit located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The application requests extending the plant's operations for an additional 20 years.
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Industry News
Iowa Power Plant Legislation Dies
LCG, May 9, 2001The Iowa House adjourned yesterday on the 121st day of the 2001 session at 5:49 p.m. and the Senate followed at 6:30 p.m. Dying with the session was legislation aimed at making the state self sufficient in electric power generation.Republican leaders said they were not able to round up enough votes in the state Senate's last hours to pass a bill sought by utility companies that would have encouraged the building of more power plants in Iowa.Christopher Rants of Sioux City, Majority Leader of the Iowa House, had said earlier "If we don't get it done, we're closer to having rolling blackouts in this state."Supporters of the bill, which would have removed many restrictions on joint financing of plants by municipal utilities, charged that special-interest groups were spreading false information in an attempt to discredit the proposal, and they may have something.Critics raised environmental concerns and warned that the legislation could set the stage for the closing of existing plants in favor of higher-profit new plants. They also questioned a provision allowing the state's two largest investor-owned utilities to buy energy on contract from an affiliate that owns the new plant and sells at unregulated wholesale prices.State Sen. JoAnn Johnson, chairwoman of the Iowa Senate Commerce Committee, conceded that prices will increase as more plants are built, but warned that consumers will pay a much steeper price for their electricity if steps aren't taken now to provide Iowa with a dependable power supply in the future.
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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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