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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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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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Industry News
CPUC Won't Vote on California Bonds Today
LCG, Sept. 13, 2001--The California Public Utilities Commission said yesterday it would not vote on measures involving the state's pending issue of $12.5 billion bonds to cover the cost of power purchases already made and those to be made in the future.Since January, the California Department of Water Resources, acting as a sort of purchasing agent for the state's cash-strapped investor-owned utilities, has bought about $11 billion with of wholesale power in the spot market, using money from the state's general fund. In addition, the agency has negotiated something like $43 billion in long-term power purchase contracts stretching out for the next 10 or 20 years.When it does get around to deciding the bond measures, the CPUC will set up the legal and financial framework for the CDRW's power purchases, including how ratepayer revenues are used to service and repay the debt incurred by the bond issue.The Commission said it would hold its regular Thursday meeting today, but would be unable to take up the bond issue and other items on its agenda because the agency was closed following the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.California Gov. Gray Davis had intended to market the bonds last May, but the state legislature denied him the two-thirds majority that would have made the bond legislation effective immediately. State Treasurer Phil Angelides, has set an October 31 deadline for bringing the bonds to market and said the CPUC delay should not affect that so long as the Commission issues its orders by the end of this month.A key element that must be decided by the CPUC is how much of ratepayer revenues to allocate to the utilities to cover past power purchases and how much to give the CDWR to back the bond issue. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has vowed to go to court if it feels the burden of bond support is placed too heavily on its customers.Angelides admits a drawn-out court fight would thrown a monkey wrench into the state's plans to issue the bonds.
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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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