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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
TXU Plans New Coal-fired Power Plant in Texas
LCG, July 29, 2005--TXU Corp. submitted an application on Wednesday with Texas environmental regulators for an air permit in support of its plans to construct a 1,720-MW, electric generating station 120 miles southeast of Dallas in Robertson County, Texas. The project is targeted to commence operations in 2009 or 2010, at the earliest.The proposed new plant, to be named Oak Grove, would be built on the site of an earlier project that was deferred in the 1990s. According to a TXU spokesperson, the site is adjacent to a TXU lignite mine, with access to rail lines and water supplies as well. TXU stated that it is exploring the potential to partner with others, including local cooperatives and municipal systems, on the project.TXU is not alone in pursuing the development of coal-fired power plants in Texas. Earlier this month, Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, submitted its air-permit application to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as part of its efforts to add a 600-MW, coal-fired unit at its Twin Oaks Power Plant near Bremond, Texas. The new unit is estimated to cost $750 to $800 million. Construction is expected to begin in 2007, with the plant operational in 2011.TXU's and Sempra's affinity for new coal-fired capacity indicates a new direction for generation planning in Texas. The wave of new, efficient, natural gas-fired electric generators built in Texas over the past few years led to a surplus of generating capacity, which in turn has pushed older, less-efficient plants towards retirement.Texas Genco LLC announced in January that it planned to retire nearly 3,800 MW of gas-fired generating units at six power plants in the vicinity of Houston. TXU also announced in January its plans to stop operating nine, 65-MW, gas-fired combustion turbines installed at Permian Basin and DeCordova Stations.
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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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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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