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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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Industry News
Mississippi Agency Opposes FERC Vision of Competitive Markets
LCG, Oct. 9, 2003--The state agency in charge of regulating utilities in Mississippi, the Mississippi Public Service Commission, has filed documents with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that detail strong opposition to increased grid access for merchant power plants.Southeastern legislators have been generally opposed to FERC's intended remaking of electricity markets by the standardization of rules and tariffs across large areas, on the grounds that Southeastern electricity prices are already low relative to prices elsewhere in the nation, and will rise if transactions with other parts of the country increase. Language in the Public Service Commission's filings calls FERC's policy direction "patently flawed" and says it "unlawfully infringes upon the jurisdiction of the states."Whether or not momentum towards regional markets picks up speed or slows may depend on the outcome of work in Congress on national energy legislation. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., hopes to impede FERC's ability to impose rules on the states. Utilities such as Southern Co., which has service territory through much of the South, feel competitive pressure from new merchant plants, and do not want to pay for transmission upgrades in other regions.The merchant developer Calpine has produced analyses indicating that new generating units could replace 5,700 megawatts of older plants owned by Entergy, which has service territory in several states. Entergy disputes the basis on which the study's conclusions were made, citing what it sees as optimistic fuel cost savings, while Calpine contends that Entergy wants to protect its own subsidiaries through the bidding process.
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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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