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NuScale Power Achieves Standard Design Approval from NRC for 77 MW SMR

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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EIA Presents Analysis of California's Solar and Wind Power Curtailment Challenges

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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COVID-19 Simulation Results for ERCOT 2020 - a Comparison to Business as Usual Case

LCG, April 23, 2020 -- The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on daily life and the economy, from affecting which businesses are allowed to operate, to influencing international oil prices. States and major cities in the US are instituting quarantines, along with shelter-in-place directives, to contain the spread of COVID-19. Power markets will likely deviate from their business-as-usual scenario as a result of decline in power demand and fuel prices.

Both the business as usual (bau) and the COVID-case were simulated using UPLAN Net-Work Power model, and the main results are published in this report .The readers can download the the report directly.

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