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LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
Russian Takeover Creates One of World’s Largest Oil Companies
LCG, April 22, 2003Yukos will purchase Sibneft, resulting in what will be the fourth largest oil company in the world. Yukos, the biggest oil company within Russia, will pay $3 billion cash for a 20 percent portion of Sibneft. Yukos has agreed to acquire the remainder of the company at an unspecified date in the future, and the combined companies will be YukosSibneft Oil Company. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chief executive and largest shareholder of Yukos, will assume chief executive status in YukosSibneft as well. YukosSibneft will own a combined total of roughly 19.4 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent. Oil production is estimated to become 2.3 million barrels per day. The company will also own over 2,500 gas stations. The companies will complete the merger by the end of the year, although regulatory bodies and shareholders will have some input.
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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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