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LCG, December 24, 2025--The U.S. Secretary of Energy today issued emergency orders to keep two Indiana coal plants operational, with the stated goal to ensure Americans in the Midwest region of the United States have access to affordable, reliable, and secure electricity heading into the winter months. The orders direct CenterPoint Energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to take all measures necessary to ensure specified generation units at both the F.B. Culley and R.M. Schahfer generating stations in Indiana are available to operate.
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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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Industry News
Avista Found Not to Have Manipulated Market
LCG, Feb. 3, 2002--Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff filed an agreement with the agency Thursday, made with Avista Corp., that is intended to close an investigation into energy trading in which Avista subsidiaries participated in 2000 and 2001.The filing will be subject to a 30-day period for public comment, supervised by FERC Administrative Law Judge Curtis Wagner, Jr. After the comment period, Wagner may certify the agreement for final approval by FERC commissioners.The trading at the center of the investigation also included Enron Power Marketing Inc. and Portland General Electric Co. as participants. FERC staff determined that no intentional manipulation of the market was committed by Avista traders working for Avista Utilities or Avista Energy.FERC made suggestions in the filing as to how Avista can improve its procedures for recording trades in real-time markets, settling trades in dispute, and train its traders, who the agency said should be part a clear chain of command whenever uncertainty exists. It also cited the company's "overall cooperative" engagement and assistance in the investigation.
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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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