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LCG, April 2, 2026--Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced that the expansion of its service territory into the Western Interconnection has been a success. The milestone makes SPP the first regional transmission organization (RTO) with services spanning the Eastern and Western Interconnections. Its member organizations, which cover all or part of 17 states, can now benefit from a more operationally and geographically diverse integrated system.
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LCG, March 31, 2026--Holtec International yesterday announced that it successfully completed a milestone test necessary to return Holtec's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station to service. The 805-MW pressurized water reactor (PWR) is located in Michigan and was shut down by Entergy in May 2022. Holtec acquired the facility in June 2022 and has pursued a path to return the plant to service.
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Industry News
Rate Increases Since '90 Greatest in Nevada
LCG, Sept. 10, 2003--Californians and New Yorkers can still lay claim to paying the highest rates for electric power, but those rates have not risen as fast since 1990 as those in Nevada, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of the Department of Energy.The average increase across Nevada-based investor-owned and municipal utilities and cooperatives taken into consideration was 60%. The average family in the Las Vegas area, served by Nevada Power Co., pays $107.88, up from $62.75, and has experienced a 74% increase. Nevada Power obtains 60% of its requirements for power from other suppliers at peak-demand hours, said the executive vice president of Nevada Power's owner, Sierra Pacific Resources, Michael Yackira. Rates for all state residents are about 30% less than those paid by California residents.In neighboring Arizona, rates actually fell, by 11.8%, to an average residential rate of 7.91 cents per kilowatt-hour.
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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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