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LCG, February 24, 2026--The AES Corporation (AES) and Google today announced agreements for clean power generation that will be co-located with a new Google data center in Wilbarger County, Texas. The agreements include a 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for co-located power generation. These coordinated energy projects and powered land will enable Google to rapidly expand its operations to meet demand for core services, while AES will expand its power generation portfolio.
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LCG, February 23, 2026--Amazon today announced plans to invest $12 billion to develop and construct state-of-the-art data center campuses in northwest Louisiana that will support cloud computing technologies. Amazon is partnering with STACK Infrastructure, the developer and owner of the campuses, to lead the construction and development of the data center facilities. Amazon has already invested in solar energy projects in Louisiana, bringing up to 200 MW of new carbon-free energy onto the grid.
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Industry News
New Power Plan for Ontario Relies on Nuclear and Phases Out Coal
LCG, August 30, 2007--The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) yesterday filed its proposed electricity plan with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), the energy regulator for the Province of Ontario. Key elements of the plan include: conservation, new renewable generation, natural gas distributed generation, nuclear generation and grid improvements to transmit electricity to the market. Existing coal-fired generation would be phased out by the end of 2014.
The estimated capital cost of the Integrated Power System Plan (IPSP) is C$60 (2007 dollars), with a cost breakdown as follows: conservation, C$10.2; renewables, C$15.4; nuclear, C$26.5; natural gas, C$3.6; and transmission, C$4.0. Approximately three quarters of the transmission cost is associated with renewable resource development.
The proposed plan would roughly double the amount of renewable energy on the grid by 2025. Of perhaps greater interest is the proposal to develop nuclear power to support the growing baseload requirement. OPA plans to add approximately 10,250 MW of nuclear resources, in part through refurbishing existing reactors. Refurbishment could shorten schedules, reduce costs, and better utilize existing infrastructure.
A significant portion of the new supply resources are planned to enable the retirement of over 6,400 MW of coal-fired, generating facilities. The retirements are driven by government commitments to reduce emissions, including greenhouse gases. The environmental benefits estimated by OPA include: sulfur dioxide emissions would decrease by 95 percent, nitrogen oxide emissions would decline by over 50 percent, mercury emissions would be eliminated, and carbon dioxide emissions would decline by over 60 percent.
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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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