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LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.
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LCG, April 10, 2026--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday a rule proposing several revisions to the federal regulations governing the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) and the beneficial use of CCR. The EPA designed the rule to encourage resource recovery, allow for site-specific considerations in permitting, and provide regulatory relief while continuing to protect human health and the environment. The EPA will be accepting comments on the rule for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, and it will also hold an online public hearing on the rule.
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Industry News
Pennsylvania PUC Finds Anticompetitive Behavior
LCG, June 14, 2002--A six-month investigation by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission into wholesale and retail electricity markets during 2001 has been referred to the state attorney general's office, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the U.S. Justice Department.The Commission's ruling yesterday concluded that in early 2001, the rates charged by PPL Corp., a utility serving central and northeastern Pennsylvania, caused alternative suppliers to exit the market for wholesale and retail service. "It appears evident that PPL aggressively sought to exploit market rules by obtaining a corner on [the market] and... utilitized it to maximize profits and... undermine its wholesale-market competitors," according to the Commission. Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland Interconnection (PJM), the grid operator which oversees the electricity market within the mid-Atlantic region, provided the basis for the PUC's unanimous 5-0 decision.PJM's rules require that suppliers of electricity secure a certain amount of available power resources above what they arrange to sell. A spike in the price of these reserves lasted for nearly three months beginning in January 2001, with the price going from approximately $5 to more than thirty times this level. The PUC concluded that PPL, which owned much of the generating resources, deliberately withheld power from the market, resulting in the spike.Pennsylvania and New Jersey suppliers offering power supply in competition with the existing utilities in those states have fared poorly, with many not owning their own generating assets. In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of 96 such suppliers have exited the market, and in New Jersey, 12 out of 26 still serve the state.
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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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