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LCG, April 10, 2026--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday a rule proposing several revisions to the federal regulations governing the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) and the beneficial use of CCR. The EPA designed the rule to encourage resource recovery, allow for site-specific considerations in permitting, and provide regulatory relief while continuing to protect human health and the environment. The EPA will be accepting comments on the rule for 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, and it will also hold an online public hearing on the rule.
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LCG, April 9, 2026--Vault 44.01 Ltd. (Vault) announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 has issued a final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permit for the One Carbon Partnership CCS project (the "OCP Project") near Union City, Indiana. The One Carbon Partnership is a joint venture between Cardinal Ethanol and Vault.
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Industry News
California PUC Issues Proposed Decision on Energy Storage Systems
LCG, September 5, 2013--California Public Utility Commissioner Carla Peterman issued a proposed decision earlier this week that establishes the policies and mechanisms for procurement of electric energy storage pursuant to Assembly Bill 2514, which was signed by then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly three years ago.
The proposed decision establishes a target of 1,325 MW of energy storage to be procured by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) by 2020 and sets a schedule for solicitation of energy storage. The decision directs these utilities to file separate applications containing a proposal for their first energy storage solicitation by January 1, 2014.
In addition to placing requirements on California's investor owned utilities (IOUs), the decision further directs community choice aggregators to procure energy storage equal to one percent of their annual peak load by 2020 and that electric service providers procure energy storage equal to one percent of their annual peak load by 2016.
The objectives for energy storage development were stated in Assembly Bill 2514 as follows, "Energy storage has the potential to transform how the California electric system is conceived, designed, and operated. In so doing, energy storage has the potential to offer services needed as California seeks to maximize the value of its generation and transmission investments: optimizing the grid to avoid or defer investments in new fossil-power plants, integrating renewable power, and minimizing greenhouse emissions."
The outlook for pumped storage projects is somewhat constrained by the proposed decision. Findings of fact included: (i) that the majority of pumped storage projects are 500 MW or over, (ii) that a single pumped storage project could account for the entire procurement target within a utility territory, and (iii) the sheer size of a large-scale pumped storage project would dwarf other smaller, emerging technologies and could inhibit the fulfillment of market transformation goals.
With respect to conclusions of law, the decision states that it is reasonable to exclude pumped storage projects 50 MW and over from participating in the Energy Storage Procurement Framework and Design Program.
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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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