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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
Calpine Completes SkyGen Energy Purchase
LCG, Oct. 19, 2000--Calpine Corp. said yesterday it had completed the purchase of Northbrook, Ill.-based SkyGen Energy from its founder, Michael Polsky, and from Wisvest Corp., an affiliate of Wisconsin Energy Corp.The acquisition, which cost Calpine $450 million plus the assumption of debt, will increase Calpine's natural gas-fired, modern power generation fleet by up to 13,500 net megawatts of capacity in key strategic power markets throughout the U.S., including a strong portfolio of cogeneration facilities with long-term power sales agreements.Calpine also gets 34 General Electric 7 FA gas turbines to power its newly acquired developmentprojects. Calpine will operate SkyGen as a subsidiary with Polsky as president. Polsky will also join Calpine's board of directors. As a result of the acquisition Calpine has added to its portfolio three operating facilities, five projects under construction, 10 late-stage development facilities and 16 project development opportunities.
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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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