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LCG, January 9, 2026--Meta today announced new, landmark agreements that will (i) extend and expand the operation of three existing nuclear power plants and (ii) drive the development of advanced nuclear technology. Meta's new agreements with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo follow Meta's request for proposals (RFP) issued last month. Meta expects these projects to deliver up to 6.6 GW of new and existing clean nuclear energy by 2035.
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LCG, January 8, 2026--Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced today that it has selected Siemens Energy to provide steam turbine generator sets for B&W’s groundbreaking project to install and deliver one GW of power for an Applied Digital AI Factory. B&W and Siemens have entered into an agreement for a limited notice to proceed to secure the turbine sets, which will enable B&W to deliver power for the project by the end of 2028. The estimated cost of the project is approximately $2 billion. The full contract release is expected in the first quarter of 2026.
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Industry News
Impact of PG&E Rate Hikes Bearable
LCG, June 7, 2002--Higher Pacific Gas & Electric retail electric power rates have been in place for just over a year, and after decreases in consumption, the average monthly increase for households is $8, bringing the average bill to $63 for power and gas.The higher rates are used partially to pay the state of California for its purchases of power through long-term contracts, which started out with a price tag of $40 billion over ten years. The contracts have been roundly criticized as being unjustly priced, even by Gov. Gray Davis, who signed them. Nonetheless, most consumers have borne and paid for the increases because they can afford it. A San Jose resident, Sidney Campbell, was quoted in the San Jose Mercury News, and compared his current bill with the bills he paid two winters ago, when natural gas prices were up 150 percent. "It's still higher. But it's not a big dent. I'd have a hard time standing up and screaming in a public place that somebody's killing us with shenanigans," he said.Businesses have felt more significant increases, from an extra 34 to 50 percent above their previous rates. Bill Ahern of Consumers Union said, "Businesses got absolutely hammered." Ahern is one of a number of advocates of lowering rates, now that wholesale power prices have come down significantly. PG&E's costs are lower than they had been around the crisis of 2001, before federal price caps.
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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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