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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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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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Industry News
EPA Updates 'New Source Review' Rules
LCG, June 13, 2002--The White House said today that the EPA will issue revised rules concerning the installation of emission controls for power plants that are upgraded or expanded.EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said of the rules, "The need for reform is clear and has broad-based support." The rules were strongly favored by a range of utility and industry groups, who have complained that rules under the EPA's New Source Review program, started during the Clinton administration, have been unclear, leading to inconsistencies in enforcement.Controversy has surrounded which repairs to a plant represent maintenance under the program, and which mean a change in the plant's size or operating characteristics. According to Whitman, "Our review clearly established that some aspects of the New Source Review program have deterred companies from implementing projects that would increase energy efficiency and decrease air pollution."Under the New Source Review program of the last 10 years, an analysis was required before repairs could be classified as "routine," and therefore would not trigger the need for emission controls. Refineries as well as generating facilities may see improvements in reliability and efficiency as repairs pick up in frequency, another EPA official said.Strongly negative reactions to the Bush administration announcement came from environmental groups and some Democratic legislators, including the majority leader, Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D. Some are concerned that coal plants in the Midwest will cause more serious air pollution in the Northeast under the revised rules.Philip Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust, said that the EPA "has no calculations on increased pollution or public health impacts." Clapp said that the new rules will cause most repairs to be considered routine. "You can do anything but tear the plant down and keep your exemption, so these plants will never be cleaned up," he said.The rules allow baseline emission allowance standards to be calculated based on any consecutive 24-month period in the past 10 years. This may mean that some power plants will be able to produce more power than they have recently, without running up against emission limits.
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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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