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LCG, October 16, 2026--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday its new proposal to revise and accelerate its review of air quality effects for proposed natural gas projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft policy statement highlights revisions designed to (i) avoid unnecessary delays and duplicative analysis and (ii) deliver greater regulatory certainty and a streamlined path forward for project applicants.
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LCG, October 14, 2026--American Electric Power (AEP) today announced plans for a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which AEP will invest approximately $4 billion to advance a new 702-MW fuel cell generation project located near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Google will acquire power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, which is approximately 92 percent owned and controlled by AEP and 8 percent owned by funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP. AEP and its partners plan to start construction this year and to be fully operational by the end of 2028.
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Industry News
Fires, Heat and Humidity Trigger Power Curtailment
LCG, Sept. 14, 2000Two wildfires burning near transmission line, a disappearing could cover that let in the sun and high humidity in the southern part of the state combined yesterday afternoon to cause the California Independent System Operator to declare a stage two electrical emergency and begin the process of curtailing power deliveries to large customers with interruptible contracts.Yesterday's power demand in the state had been forecast to peak around 4:00 p.m. at 41,500 megawatts, but chances are it went higher because it was a hot, muggy day the kind that air-conditioners are made for. Making matters worse, a fire near Castaic, just north of Los Angeles, threatened transmission lines, making it harder to get power to where it was needed most.Another fire, in the high Sierras east of Fresno, cut access to power that Cal-ISO was depending on to help maintain reliability on California's overloaded system.Cal-ISO directed SoCal Edison to reduce its electrical load by 862 megawatts. To achieve this load reduction, the company is required to activate its voluntary load curtailment program, under which large industrial, commercial, and agricultural customers, as well as customers on SoCal Edison's air conditioner cycling program, agreed to have their power temporarily interrupted in exchange for reduced rates.The curtailment measures are aimed at avoiding a stage three electric emergency, under which utilities would be directed to shed load through necessitating involuntary rolling, or rotating, outages for blocks of customers across their service areas until sufficient reserve levels are achieved."By all of us sticking together and cutting back power use as much as possible, we can get through this difficult period and possibly avoid a stage three emergency," Pam Bass, SoCal Edison's senior vice president for customer service, said.
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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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