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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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LCG, October 21, 2025--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued three final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits to ExxonMobil for their Rose Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project located in Jefferson County, Texas. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, these permits allow ExxonMobil to convert three existing test wells permitted by the state to carbon dioxide (CO2) storage injection wells for long-term storage.
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Industry News
Rising Profile of Coal Underlined by Private Equity
LCG, June 15, 2004--Several private equity firms have bought U.S. assets of a German holding company, RAG Coal International AG, for approximately $1 billion, to form a new company, American Coal Holdings Inc., which will be the fourth-largest coal company in the U.S.The announcement of the deal in late May by First Reserve Corp., Blackstone Group, and American Metals & Coal International Inc., gives First Reserve and Blackstone 42.% stakes each in the company, while American Metals will own the remainder, without voting privileges.The assets include mines in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Illinois, from which approximately 65 million tons are produced annually. The U.S. accounts for approximately one-quarter of global coal supply, while the price of the fuel in the U.S. has risen about 50%, after a sustained rise in natural gas prices, as well as in oil.Blackstone has made previous inroads into the energy sector, with previous purchases of stakes in both an oil firm and a petroleum refinery. First Reserve has already bought into a mining company and an owner of coal reserves.
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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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