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LCG, March 13, 2026--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced yesterday that leaders from the participating organizations voted unanimously to proceed as planned with expanding its regional transmission organization (RTO) services into the Western Interconnection. SPP sees the decision to proceed as planned as a strong signal of confidence as SPP and its partner utilities prepare for this key milestone, which will occur overnight between March 31 and April 1.
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LCG, March 6, 2026--Entergy yesterday announced approximately $5 billion in total savings for 2.3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi resulting from data center customer agreements in those states. Entergy, which completed its first data center customer agreement in 2024, projects the customer savings over the next 20 years and after the regulatory approval or acknowledgement of the public service commissions in those states.
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Industry News
Avista Found Not to Have Manipulated Market
LCG, Feb. 3, 2002--Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff filed an agreement with the agency Thursday, made with Avista Corp., that is intended to close an investigation into energy trading in which Avista subsidiaries participated in 2000 and 2001.The filing will be subject to a 30-day period for public comment, supervised by FERC Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner, Jr. After the comment period, Wagner may certify the agreement for final approval by FERC commissioners.The trading at the center of the investigation also included Enron Power Marketing Inc. and Portland General Electric Co. as participants. FERC staff determined that no intentional manipulation of the market was committed by Avista traders working for Avista Utilities or Avista Energy.FERC made suggestions in the filing as to how Avista can improve its procedures for recording trades in real-time markets, settling trades in dispute, and train its traders, who the agency said should be part a clear chain of command whenever uncertainty exists. It also cited the company's "overall cooperative" engagement and assistance in the investigation.
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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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