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LCG, April 2, 2026--Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced that the expansion of its service territory into the Western Interconnection has been a success. The milestone makes SPP the first regional transmission organization (RTO) with services spanning the Eastern and Western Interconnections. Its member organizations, which cover all or part of 17 states, can now benefit from a more operationally and geographically diverse integrated system.
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LCG, March 31, 2026--Holtec International yesterday announced that it successfully completed a milestone test necessary to return Holtec's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station to service. The 805-MW pressurized water reactor (PWR) is located in Michigan and was shut down by Entergy in May 2022. Holtec acquired the facility in June 2022 and has pursued a path to return the plant to service.
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Industry News
New Zealand Experiments With Real-Time Electricity Pricing
LCG, October 15, 2002-M-co, New Zealand's electricity market operator, has begun operating a real-time wholesale electricity pricing system.Normally, New Zealand's wholesale electricity prices are calculated every 30 minutes, but M-co will now have the prices reported every 5 minutes. This publishing-per-5 minutes trial will last three months and will not affect market settlement as yet.M-co's intention is to optimize the market; the company feels that the shorter time may have a positive effect on the calculation of settlement prices.M-co also operates the retail electricity market of South Wales, the green energy market of Australia, and the wholesale electricity market of Singapore, in addition to working with developing markets in Africa.
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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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