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LCG, November 26, 2025--RWE announced today the commissioning of the Stoneridge Solar project, located in Milam County, Texas. The project capacity is 200 MW of solar power, plus a battery energy storage system (BESS) that provides 100 MW (200 MWh) of battery storage capacity. The BESS improves the supply of short-term, reliable, affordable electricity in ERCOT.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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Industry News
Texas Market Experiences Potentially Costly Scheduling
LCG, Mar. 1, 2002--A top official at the Texas Public Utility Commission said that an initial investigation has identified six "qualified scheduling entities" that appear to have made at least $1 million in profits each based on a feature of the Texas market.Parviz Adib, who is in charge of the commission's market oversight unit, said "our conclusion is that intentional overscheduling took place, and that harm was done to the market." The PUC continues to collect data, and will issue its final conclusions later this year.Qualified scheduling entities act as middlemen between power producers and the Texas transmission grid. They submit forecasts of generation that is expected from their utility or marketer clients, and the amount of demand that is likely from end-users served by them. In Texas, the scheduling entities can be paid if the amount of energy consumed is below their forecast expectations, or charged if power produced falls short of their forecasts. Overall, the forecast errors are expected to cancel one another out. During times that power needs are high, the value of having additional grid capacity available is relatively higher, and therefore, any unpexected surplus of capacity due to overscheduling can generate additional revenue for a QSE. Based on schedules of 45 QSE's during a two-week period in August 2001, some of the companies' forecasts were consistently in error by various ranges, and in some cases, by well over 100 percent. Janee Briesmeister, a senior analyst at the Austin office of Consumers Union said that if a penalty resulted, she thought it should be more than a "slap on the wrist." Adib, whose office will seek guidance from commissioners on any penalties that may result, told the Dallas Fort-Worth Star-Telegram, "you cannot overschedule for so many days - one day after another - without really realizing what you are doing."
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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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