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LCG, March 205, 2025--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced it will soon be the first regional transmission organization (RTO) in the nation to provide full services in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the U.S. power grid. On March 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Southwest Power Pool’s amended tariff that includes provisions that enable Western members to join the RTO. The expansion of the SPP RTO is scheduled to go live April 1, 2026.
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LCG, March 20, 2025 – LCG Consulting (LCG) has released a second edition of its annual outlook of the ERCOT wholesale electricity market for 2025, highlighting the region's rapid transition toward increased reliance on renewable energy resources and battery storage.
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Industry News
New Long-term Power Supply Secured by Hydro-Quebec
LCG, Oct. 4, 2002--Hydro-Quebec today announced it had selected a bid from two companies to supply 1,200 megawatts of power over a twenty-year period, starting in 2007.The selections by the utility, worth C$6 billion ($3.76 billion US), will require approval by the Quebec Energy Board, and are due to be followed next year by requests for further supply offers. The agreements would be signed with Groupe Axor Inc. and Calpine Canada Power Corp., which together will operate a gas-fired generating unit in Varennes, close to Montreal.Hydro-Quebec is also prepared to generate power at its Robert-Bourassa LG-2 generator, a baseload unit, and the LG-1 unit, which will be dispatchable. The utility's sales of power are 156 Twh in the current year, and are scheduled to grow to 165 TWh by 2005. "We will need 1.2 to 1.3 terawatt hours more of electricity per year as of 2006," commented Yves Filion, the president of Hyddro-Quebec's distribution unit.
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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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