|
News
|
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.
Read more
|
|
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.
Read more
|
|
|
Industry News
Retail Electric Competition Comes to Texas
LCG, Jan 2, 2002--Retail electric competition came to Texas yesterday and it appears that not only are there sufficient alternative power providers to assure a competitive market, the "prices to beat" set by regulators leave them a little room to earn a profit.In recent weeks, the Public Utility Commission of Texas set "competitive prices" for the state's investor-owned utilities. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area served by TXU Corp.'s Texas Utilities Co., the company's rate was lowered from 9.67 cents per kilowatt-hour to 8.25 cents.Under deregulation, existing utilities, such as TXU, will continue to have prices in their home territories fixed by the state until 40 percent of its customer base has switched. That may not happen soon, even with competitive prices from new power suppliers.In Pennsylvania, which deregulated its electricity market two years ago, only about 5 percent of homeowners have switched providers. "We've learned that residential customers are concerned first and foremost with reliability of service and that price is important but not the only consideration," TXU spokesman Chris Schein said.But some of the prices offered by the alternative suppliers are plenty attractive, though most require a one-year contract.According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, customers who want to sign a one-year contract with New Power Holdings can get a rate as low as 7 cents per kilowatt-hour. First Choice Power, the former Texas-New Mexico Power Co. of Fort Worth, is offering a one-year rate of 7.4 cents per kilowatt-hour. Reliant Energy of Houston, whose rates are frozen in its service territory, is offering a monthly rate of 7.3 cents per kilowatt-hour. For those interested in all-renewable energy from Texas solar arrays and wind farms, Green Mountain Energy is offering a rate of 8.2 cents per kilowatt-hour.
|
|
|
|
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
|
|
|
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
|
|
|
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
|
|
|
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
|
|
|
|
|
