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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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LCG, May 29, 2025--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an analysis yesterday showing that the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasing its curtailment of the rapidly growing solar- and wind-powered generation facilities in order to balance electricity supply and demand, which is necessary to maintain a stable electric system.
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Industry News
Reliant Dedicates Seward Coal Plant
LCG, October 1, 2004--Yesterday Reliant Energy dedicated its new, 521-MW Seward Power Plant, which uses low-grade refuse from coal mines for fuel. The plant is located 80 miles east of Pittsburgh at the site of an 82-year old coal-fired power plant that Reliant retired last year. The plant is currently being tested and is expected to commence commercial operations shortly.By burning refuse coal, the technologically advanced plant will provide for the clean-up of numerous waste-coal piles in the region. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through one of its agencies, provided tax-exempt financing for the project.The Seward Power Plant is one solid, positive sign of the emergence of new, coal-fired stations. A common theme is adding capacity at existing coal stations, where much of the related infrastructure is in place and the incremental expansion is less dramatic to local neighbors. Recently, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) approved a new, 500 MW coal-fired unit proposed by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. at its Weston Power Plant near Wausau. The expansion at Weston, where there are three coal units currently operating, is the first project approved by the PSCW under a new law designed to simplify and streamline the approval process. Late last year, the PSCW approved the construction of We Energies' Oak Creek Project, which adds two, 615-MW, supercritical pulverized coal units at an existing coal station.With respect to being the fuel supply of choice for new power plants, coal still has an image problem to overcome. In August, citizens in Springfield, Missouri voted down a proposal by City Utilities of Springfield to build a 300 MW, coal-fired power plant, and the mayor of Los Angeles instructed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to withdraw from the expansion of the coal-fired, Intermountain Power Plant in Utah and to instead pursue cleaner, renewable energy sources.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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