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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
Dynegy Settles Case Charging Manipulation of Gas Market
LCG, December, 2002--A $5 million settlement was reached in a case brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against Dynegy Inc. and a joint venture it co-owned with NRG Energy Inc., over what the federal agency said were fabricated natural gas trades.The fictional trades cited by the CFTC were allegedly submitted to a company or companies compiling natural gas price indexes in order to drive prices up. If the apparent attempt to manipulate the indexes had been successful, it could have led to higher power prices. The trades as reported indicated that West Coast Power, the joint venture, was a counter party. West Coast Power owns three power plants divested by San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison Co. Gas was supplied to the plants by Dynegy, which also marketed their output. NRG was responsible for their operation.A spokesman for the CFTC said that the agency's investigation would likely lead to further information that could affect other cases. According to a spokeswoman for NRG, Meredith Moore, Dynegy was making the $5 million payment, and did not communicate with NRG about the fact that a settlement was being approached. The settlement does not include any admission or denial of wrongdoing.The General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative and research arm, released a report yesterday that concluded that the ability of three federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the CFTC, and the Energy Information Administration, a unit of the Department of Energy, were not equipped to oversee competitive, open natural gas markets.The report's authors found that the FERC's legal authority has not been updated in recognition of the deregulation of natural gas markets, and that it "lacks assurances that wholesale natural gas prices are just and reasonable," the report said. The CFTC found that while CFTC is able to investigate trading practices, it lacks oversight of energy derivatives sold over-the-counter. The report noted some initiatives that have been undertaken by the FERC and EIA respectively to bolster their market oversight resources and to determine what information could be made available to encourage an open market.
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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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