News
LCG, May 8, 2025--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Board of Directors approved SPP’s proposed Expedited Resource Adequacy Study (ERAS) at its May 6 meeting. SPP developed the new ERAS in collaboration with its stakeholders in response to the growing need to add new generating resources before the region’s generating capacity is outpaced by its electricity demands. ERAS is intended to be a one-time, expedited study process designed to significantly accelerate the addition of new power generation facilities to the grid and address concerns about the near term ability to maintain the affordable and reliable electric service that consumers expect.
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LCG, May 7, 2025--EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) announced yesterday the inauguration of its Scarlet II Solar Energy Park (Scarlet II) in Fresno County, California. This phase of the solar plus energy storage project includes 200 MW of solar capacity, plus a co-located 150 MW/600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The initial phase of the project, Scarlet I, which provides 200 MW of solar and 40 MW/160 MWh of BESS, achieved commercial operations in July 2024.
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Industry News
Newsmakers
Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been elected to the board of directors of New Jersey utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group. Dr. Jackson, a theoretical physicist, is former chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.Beverly Monne has been named vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Oneok Inc. and all divisions and subsidiaries, effective July 1. She has been manager of accounting since 1997.John M. Quain presided this week over his last meeting as chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Gov. Ridge named Quain chairman of the PUC on March 9, 1995, and again on May 30, 1996. He was first named commissioner by Gov. Robert Casey on April 1, 1993.William L. Stewart, president of Pinnacle West Energy and APS Generation, has been elected a director of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. Stewart, who joined Arizona Public Service Co. in 1994 as chief nuclear officer, is a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine service.Steven Wheeler, a partner with the Phoenix-based law firm of Snell and Wilmer, will join Pinnacle West Capital Corp. as senior vice president for transmission operations, regulation and planning. He has served as the Company's outside counsel for more than 20 years, representing Pinnacle West and its subsidiaries, including Arizona Public Service Co.Katherine C. Williams has been named chief financial officer of Duke Engineering & Services, effective July 1, replacing Sandra K. Vlahos, who has accepted the position as special assistant to the CFO of parent company Duke Energy Corp. Williams moves to Duke Engineering from Westinghouse Electric Co. where she was controller for its nuclear fuel business unit in Columbia, S.C.
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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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