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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
CFTC Issues Subpoena for Energy Bids
LCG, Apr. 23, 2003--Bids made by Reliant Resources Inc. through the California Independent System Operator (ISO) in the summer of 2000 are being sought by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which issued a subpoena to the grid operator.The ISO released a notice to market participants yesterday that included the subpoena, and stated that it plans to provide the CFTC with the bid data from the requested period, June 18 through June 25, 2000. The federal agency said it wishes to obtain arrangements between Reliant and the ISO for out-of-market sales, and day-ahead, hour-ahead, and real-time market bids.Although the CFTC lacks the power of prosecution, it has met with representatives of the U.S. Attorney's office in houston, which has charged El Paso Corp. and Dynegy Inc. in cases of alleged reporting of fabricated trades. The ISO will provide the information outlined in the subpoena on May 1, the market notice said.
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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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