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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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LCG Consulting Launches a New Website

Los Altos, Ca – May 1, 2006 – LCG Consulting is pleased to announce the launch of its new website: www.EnergyOnline.com. While offering many of the same features and content as that of it its predecessor, the new site also includes a number of additional pages, data, reports and an entirely new look and feel.

Thanks to the efforts of a remarkable development team, the energyonline.com site now utilizes extremely flexible technologies, allowing for the addition of relevant company and industry information “on the fly.” Industry data and reports revolve around the deregulated energy markets and now include real-time market data.

LCG Consulting, based in Los Altos, California with offices in Paris, France, is a research and development organization that has been actively involved in supplying specialized software and consulting services for planning, operations and scheduling in the Power and Natural Gas domains. Founded and incorporated in California in 1983, LCG has been a widely recognized leader in integrated energy studies and a pioneer in modeling energy markets. Our clients include a wide range of public and private electric and gas utilities, power marketers, federal and state agencies, various commissions and regulatory bodies, and a number of research institutions.
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