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LCG, May 19, 2026--Avangrid, Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the signing of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for the 199.5-MW Big Horn I wind project in Klickitat County, Washington. This agreement represents the fourth PPA executed by the two companies for projects in the Pacific Northwest.
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LCG, May 18, 2026--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued an emergency order to address critical grid reliability issues in the Midwest anticipated this summer. The order is in effect beginning on May 19, 2026, through August 16, 2026. The emergency order directs the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), in coordination with Consumers Energy, to ensure that the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant (Campbell Plant) in West Olive, Michigan shall take all steps necessary to remain available to operate and to minimize costs for the region.
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Industry News
SoCal Ed: 'No Comment' on Davis' Rescue Plan
LCG, Aug. 22, 2001--Southern California Edison Co. knew pretty much what Gov. Gray Davis was going to offer to the state Assembly's Democrat caucus yesterday in the way of revisions to the deal the governor had worked out with the utility in April, and it knew it wouldn't like them.When he learned of the details of Davis' meeting with the lawmakers, Chief Financial Officer Jim Scilacci told a conference call of the utility's creditors that he will have "no comment on questions relating to this rescue package" at this time.When Davis reached agreement with SoCal Ed on a "rescue plan," the idea was for the state to buy the utility's transmission assets for $2.76 billion and for the company to use the money to pay off as many of its creditors as it could. The governor and SoCal Ed said that's the way it is -- no changes -- and it has got to get done by August 15.The California legislature wanted no part of the plan, and lawmakers began coming up with their own ideas. In July, the state Senate passed a measure offered by Sen. Byron Sher, a Palo Alto Democrat. His proposal said forget about the wires. The state would back about $3 billion in tax-exempt revenue bonds that the utility would issue and be responsible for. And there were pretty tight strings attached to what the company could do with the money. Yesterday, Davis suggested ways the state Assembly could modify Sher's bill to make it better.First of all, SoCal Ed would have to make sure that residential customers did not see a rate increase to help pay off the bonds and pay the interest. Residential customers are voters. But even small businesses would be included among those that foot the bill.The state would not go through with the purchase of the transmission lines unless the legislature voted for it.SoCal Ed would provide public easements to about 24,000 acres of land near its hydroelectric plants.The company would be required to increase the amount of power from renewable resources in its portfolio.Democrat Assemblyman Fred Keeley of Boulder Creek, said bankers have warned that SoCal Ed's 3,600 large business customers aren't enough to support a $2.9 billion bond. And state Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, a San Francisco Democrat, said the provision about small businesses didn't have a chance of passage.Republicans in both the Assembly and the state Senate said no one had yet told them about any of this.
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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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