News
LCG, July 30, 2025--Peak Energy today announced the launch and shipment of its sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) that includes a patent-pending passive cooling design that should significantly reduce lifetime energy costs. Peak Energy's system is to be deployed this summer in a shared pilot project with nine utility and independent power producer (IPP) customers.
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LCG, July 29, 2025--The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) today reported third quarter fiscal year 2025 financial results, including $9.8 billion in total operating revenues on 121 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity sales for the nine months ending June 30, 2025. TVA reported total operating revenues had increased 11 percent over the same period last year, primarily due to higher rates and sales. TVA presented that sales of electricity increased 3 percent compared to the same period last year, primarily due to higher sales to residential and small customers, as well as increases within the data processing, hosting, and related services sector.
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Industry News
EU Regulators Okay Montedison Takeover
LCG, Aug. 28, 2001--European Union regulators this morning tentatively approved the takeover of Italy's second-largest utility Montedison by Fiat and Electricit de France, but warned that they would reopen the case if EdF begins to exercise control."The takeover will not adversely affect competition in the Italian electricity market," the European Commission said in a statement. "Montedison will be controlled by Fiat and the latter has only a small activity in the electricity sector."But the EU is cautious about EdF's intentions. It is Europe's largest power company and owns 18 percent of Italenergia, the bidding vehicle being used by it, Fiat and a group of banks to acquire Montedison.The Italian government, more than cautious about EdF's intentions, passed legislation in May to limit the French company's voting rights to 2 percent. Eventually, Italenergia agreed to "voluntarily" accept the 2 percent limit on EdF's vote."At the moment it is no doubt that EdF does not have any control, any influence over Italenergia," said European Commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres. "Two percent would not give anyone control."EdF has earned the watchfulness of the Commission. The French national monopoly was a year late in opening up its own market to competition and then did so to the minimum allowable extent. It has also been aggressive is purchasing utilities in other European nations while denying entry to its own.The Commission is currently investigating complaints that France provides state aid to EdF, which gives it an unfair competitive advantage, which is against EU rules.
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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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