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LCG, April 15, 2025--Matrix Renewables announced today the successful commissioning of the Pleasant Valley Solar 1 power generation facility in Ada County, Idaho. The 200-MWac solar facility includes a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that was secured through negotiation with Meta and Idaho Power. Matrix Renewables states the facility is the largest operational solar facility in Idaho Power's system. Sundt Renewables, the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services provider, completed construction of the project on March 2nd.
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LCG, April 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced yesterday its submission of a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the Robinson Nuclear Plant, a 759-MW nuclear unit located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The application requests extending the plant's operations for an additional 20 years.
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Industry News
US GAO Affirms CA Crisis Related to Shortage
LCG, June 25, 2002-The United States General Accounting Office released a report yesterday which finds that the California energy crisis was due to a lack of capacity in the state.Politicians have disagreed over the origin of the California crisis, and recently exposed market manipulation pratices have set politicians' fingers pointing at energy companies.The GAO report asserts that market manipulation alone did not result in the crisis and that the state had a higher demand than supply.The report also pointed out that new generation was built in other deregulated sates, such as Pennsylvania and Texas, at a much higher rate relative to forecasted need than that in California. Through 2001 California built a quarter of its forecasted capacity needs, while Texas built more than twice is forecasted capacity need.The GAO included several reasons for a lack of generation investment in California, including more unpredictable regulatory review and a longer permit process, 4 months longer than Pennsylvania and 10 months longer than Texas. Also, the GAO reports that Clean Air Act standards complicate permitting in California, and the unstable California market may scare off energy development.Republican Representative Doug Ose has lauded the report and finds it supports his efforts to eliminate governor Gray Davis' control of the California Independent System Operator. Ose also asserts that changes must be made or shortages will plague the state again soon, although many energy officials have already asserted that the state has sufficient supply, and new energy projects are under development.
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UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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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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