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LCG, October 16, 2026--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday its new proposal to revise and accelerate its review of air quality effects for proposed natural gas projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The draft policy statement highlights revisions designed to (i) avoid unnecessary delays and duplicative analysis and (ii) deliver greater regulatory certainty and a streamlined path forward for project applicants.
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LCG, October 14, 2026--American Electric Power (AEP) today announced plans for a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which AEP will invest approximately $4 billion to advance a new 702-MW fuel cell generation project located near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Google will acquire power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC, which is approximately 92 percent owned and controlled by AEP and 8 percent owned by funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP. AEP and its partners plan to start construction this year and to be fully operational by the end of 2028.
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Industry News
Cal-ISO Bills Water Agency $1 Billion for Power
LCG, Nov. 27, 2001--The California Independent System Operator, which purchases power on the volatile spot market to protect the state's transmission system, has sent a bill for $1 billion to the California Department of Water Resources, which purchases power on behalf of the state's investor-owned utilities, which don't have the money to pay for it.The CDWR didn't actually purchase power from Cal-ISO, but the rationale seems to be that the water agency would have had to buy the power if Cal-ISO hadn't, so it should pay the ISO even if the money is really owed to the companies that produced the power.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week, in response to filings by independent power producers, ordered Cal-ISO to pay its overdue power bills. The ISO had said it didn't really owe the money because it was simply a scheduling coordinator and not a creditworthy power purchaser.FERC said simply that the power producers had to be paid for the power requisitioned and scheduled by the ISO.Cal-ISO said in a filing of its own last week that it would get the money from the CDWR and pay all its past due bills by next February 7, but the payments would have to come in installments, if FERC approves.Cal-ISO also said payment depended on the CDWR responding to its invoices.Gary Ackerman, executive director of the Western Power Trading Forum, a trade association representing the power producers, said "We are anxiously waiting for an answer from CDWR."He added, "We are neither optimistic nor pessimistic -- just iffy."There is a lot to be "iffy" about -- or very little on which one can hang his hat. The CDWR is arguing with FERC over matters of jurisdiction. The ISO says CDWR is just an agent for the cash-strapped utilities and the utilities are the ones who schedule the power anyway. Except the ISO also says it has to schedule power to protect the transmission grid.We can't figure it out. But we do know that Cal-ISO has asked the CDWR to pay it for $1 billion worth of power it didn't sell to the CDWR.
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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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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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