News
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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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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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
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