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Minnesota PUC Approves Operations Extension for Xcel Energy's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant

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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PGE Announces Addition of 475 MW of Battery Energy Storage Systems to Improve Grid Reliability and Costs

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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Covid-19 and ERCOT SARA Scenario Analysis of RESOURCE ADEQUACY June-December 2020

LCG May 25, 2020--LCG Consulting released a report of ERCOT market performance for the second half of 2020, using market simulations with LCG’s UPLAN Network Power Model. Resource adequacy analysis for the region is critical during extreme summer loading conditions as the reserves have tightened because of recent retirements. On top of this, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the society’s response to it, are continuing to cause observed impacts to the power system and market. The UPLAN uses the generation resources from Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) and the load forecasts based on Moody’s Analytics.

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