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LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.
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LCG, December 12, 2025--Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) announced strategic organizational changes designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in the demand for electricity across Texas. To meet these objectives, ERCOT created two new organizations: Interconnection and Grid Analysis, and Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The two organizations will formally launch in January 2026.
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Industry News
Pennsylvania Plant Planned by Duke Energy
LCG, May 23, 2002--Duke Energy Corp. is planning construction of a 620-megawatt power plant in Pennsylvania's Fayette County, in Masontown.The plant would start producing power in summer 2003, costing about $400 million to build. The configuration will consist of two combustion turbines, to be fired by either natural gas or fuel oil.Some of the most attractive features of the plant site were the proximity to natural gas pipelines, transmission lines, and water from the Monongahela River. All necessary regulatory approvals have been granted, according to Duke Energy spokesman Jeremy Dreier.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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