News
LCG, September 30, 2025--Vistra Corp. announced yesterday that it will proceed with the next phase of its capital plan to support grid reliability in Texas. In 2024, Vistra identified over $1 billion worth of potential capital additions in generation capacity within the Texas ERCOT market by 2028 if market conditions were supportive. Now, with West Texas' growing power requirements, particularly the state's expanding oil and natural gas industries, Vistra reached a final investment decision and confirms it will build two new advanced natural gas-fired power units on-site at its Permian Basin Power Plant.
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LCG, September 24, 2025--Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) yesterday announced its new initiative to increase its efforts to fully use and apply innovation and transformation through industry collaboration to best overcome the challenges and opportunities facing future grid operations. The new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation (GRIT) initiative will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to better understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution and position ERCOT to lead in the future energy landscape.
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Industry News
Belarus Selects Russians to Build Nuclear Power Station
LCG, January 22, 2009--A Belarus government spokesperson announced yesterday that the government selected Russia's Atomstroiexport to construct a nuclear power station in Belarus. Construction of the first, 1,000-MW nuclear reactor is scheduled to be completed in 2016 and a second reactor completed in 2018.
Atomstroiexport, Russia's nuclear-reactor builder, has successfully pursued nuclear projects in developing countries around the world. Two Russian VVER reactors came on-line in 2006 and 2007 at China's Tianwan Nuclear Power Station. Additional projects are underway in China and Bulgaria, with prospects being pursued in India, southeast Asia, and Africa.
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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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