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
Maryland Nuclear Plant to Refuel
LCG, Feb. 15, 2002--The 835-megawatt Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Unit 1 in Maryland will be shut down this month for refueling, Constellation Nuclear announced yesterday.The unit is expected to be shut down starting this weekend, and last 90 days. Constellation Nuclear spokesman Karl Neddenien said maintenance will include inspection of the unit and installation of new steam generators as well as a new main electrical transformer.The typical refueling schedule for Calvert Cliffs' two units is based on a 24-month cycle. Therefore, Unit 2 is scheduled to be shut down in mid-February of 2003. Unit 1 was last refueled from March 10 through April 18, 2000.
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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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