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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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LCG, May 29, 2025--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an analysis yesterday showing that the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasing its curtailment of the rapidly growing solar- and wind-powered generation facilities in order to balance electricity supply and demand, which is necessary to maintain a stable electric system.
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Industry News
California Wants to Tax 'Windfall' Power Profits
LCG, Sept. 4, 2001--California lawmakers moved forward last week with a bill that would impose a "windfall profits" tax on electricity sales, with the state Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation approving the measure 5-2. The measure has already been approved by the state Senate.The measure seems punitive in nature, seeking to penalize power producers who earned high profits on electricity sold into the state's wholesale market late last year and early this year before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission imposed regional price controls covering 11 Western states."The rates in the wholesale market had been beyond reason. There really isn't any economic basisfor them. This is an attempt to control wholesale prices. The federal government can be doing that but they have chosen not to," said Paul Van Dyke, spokesman for the bill's author state Sen. Nell Soto.The economic basis for the high prices was the scarcity of supply -- prices will always rise in the face of a shortage. Conversely, prices will always drop when there is a surplus of any commodity. FERC's price controls have had a part in recent easing of power prices in California, but an improvement in supply from new power plants and a reduction in demand occasioned by an abnormally cool summer played the major role in moderating prices.With the threat of rolling blackouts seemingly overcome, state Democrat lawmakers are still buying the mantra of Gov. Gray Davis, who called the power producers "the biggest snakes on the planet earth." Van Dyke said the legislature was looking for a "change in attitude" from the out-of-state power plant owners."Whether or not (the bill) passes depends on the behavior of the generators who continue to be defiant," he said.The measure must be approved by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations before it can be brought to a floor vote in the lower chamber. If the full Assembly approves it, the legislation will return to the Senate for agreement to any changes made in the Assembly.
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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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