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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
PowerGen Confirms Merger Talks with German E.On
LCG, Jan. 18, 2001PowerGen Plc, the British utility that generates about 14 percent of the power used in England and Wales and serves more than 2.6 million retail customers, confirmed yesterday that it is in preliminary with German electricity giant E.On.E.On, which was formed by the merger of Veba AG and Viag AG in 1999, approached the British company about a possible merger, PowerGen said. But PowerGen also said it had received "a number of approaches which may or may not lead to an offer."PowerGen said in a statement "The discussions are at a preliminary stage and there is no assurance that any of these discussions may result in an offer," and E.On in its statement said the talks were "preliminary discussions about a possible connection with PowerGen."PowerGen has said in recent months that it was interested in foreign acquisitions, but has not talked about mergers. E.On is know to be anxious to expand its European presence beyond the German borders.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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