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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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LCG, October 20, 2025--Holtec International announced today that the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan has received new nuclear fuel – 68 assemblies in total – that achieves a major milestone on the path to restarting the plant. The 800-MW facility was shutdown and decommissioned in 2022 due primarily for economic reasons; however, Holtec is progressing towards restarting the original unit by the end of this year, pending all necessary federal regulatory reviews and approvals. Achieving a successful restart of a shutdown nuclear unit will be a historic first for the nuclear industry.
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Industry News
117 Megawatts Goes On-line at New Illinois Plant
LCG, Aug. 4, 2000--The Mid-American Interconnected Network has 117 megawatts more electricity in its inventory for the hot and sultry dog days of summer, thanks to a second unit of Ameren Energy Inc.s new Gibson City, Ill., which has been connected to MAINs grid.MAIN is one of 10 regional councils of the North American Electric Reliability Council, an industry group that oversees standards and operating protocols on the nations electrical transmission network. MAINs territory includes all of Illinois and parts of Wisconsin, Missouri, and Michigan.The first unit of the Gibson City went on line June 30. According to Ameren officials, the entire plant was completed on schedule, from ground breaking to generation.MAIN has another 4,096 megawatts of new generation scheduled to come on line by the summer of next year, including two 640 megawatt Duke Energy Corp. plants in Illinois. In addition, Reliant Energy Inc. began construction in mid-June on an 870 megawatt plant in Aurora, Ill.
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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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