News
LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
State Okays Dayton Power & Light Sale of Gas Assets
LCG, July 13, 2000--The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved the sale by Dayton Power & Light Co. of its natural gas distribution assets to Vectren Corp., the curiously-named holding company for Indiana Gas Co. and Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co.As part of their ruling, the regulators ordered that Vectren adopt DP&Ls existing tariff for gas service. The business will operated under the name Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc.Niel C. Ellerbrook, chief executive of Vectren, said "With the timely receipt of the PUCO order, we are one step closer to our goal of completing this acquisition and providing quality services to our new customers in Ohio."The transaction still must be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Public Utility Holding Company Act. Other remaining approvals include the Federal Communications Commission's authorization of the transfer of radio licenses held by DP&L, and action by certain local authorities regarding the transfer of operating rights.
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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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