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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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Industry News
California Assembly Passes 'Brokerage' Legislation
LCG, Jan. 17, 2001The lower house of the California legislature yesterday evening passed legislation that would allow a state agency to purchase electric power and resell it to the state's beleaguered electric utilities at cost.Under the measure passed 60 to 5 in the Assembly, the state Department of Water Resources would be allowed to enter into long-term contracts to buy wholesale power for not more than 5.5 cents per kilowatt-hour.The bill is fatally flawed in that power producers will not sell power to anyone, including the state, for 5.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. Because of extremely high natural gas prices, it is doubtful that power can be generated in California for that cost. The power producers have said they need between 7 cents and 8 cents per kilowatt-hour no matter who signs a long-term contract.Stacey Jernigan, a bankruptcy lawyer who has been advising Assembly leaders, said she was hopeful that the length of the contracts and the high volumes of power would make it possible to get the lower rate the bill would require. "It just depends on who you contact," she said.Depending on whom you contact may not have anything to do with it if natural gas prices do not drop abruptly and significantly. Yesterday in Southern California, some power plants were forced to switch to burning fuel oil because of high gas prices. The switch worsened another California power problem, that of insufficient generating resources, as the plants produce less power when using the alternate fuel.The Assembly bill moves to the state Senate today where realism may be applied to the price limit. If passed and reconciled with the Assembly, it will then go to Gov. Gray Davis for his signature. His pen is ready.
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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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