EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

SPP's Western Expansion Set for Implementation on April 1

LCG, March 13, 2026--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced yesterday that leaders from the participating organizations voted unanimously to proceed as planned with expanding its regional transmission organization (RTO) services into the Western Interconnection. SPP sees the decision to proceed as planned as a strong signal of confidence as SPP and its partner utilities prepare for this key milestone, which will occur overnight between March 31 and April 1.

Read more

Entergy Estimates Customer Savings of $5B from "Fair Share Plus" Data Center Agreements

LCG, March 6, 2026--Entergy yesterday announced approximately $5 billion in total savings for 2.3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi resulting from data center customer agreements in those states. Entergy, which completed its first data center customer agreement in 2024, projects the customer savings over the next 20 years and after the regulatory approval or acknowledgement of the public service commissions in those states.

Read more

Industry News

Calpine to Supply 400 Megawatts to PG&E

LCG, Oct. 18, 200--Calpine Corp. and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. have signed a two-year agreement under which the independent power producer will furnish PG&E with 400 megawatts of firm capacity beginning next July 1.

Calpine said the power would be produced by its Northern California generating facilities, which could include its new 500 megawatt Sutter Energy Center and its Geysers geothermal complex purchased from PG&E.

The contract is possibly the first between an independent power producer and a regulated utility since state regulators dropped the misguided ban against bilateral power supply contracts between California's three investor-owned utilities and merchant power companies.

"Calpine's entering into this agreement with PG&E clearly demonstrates how new merchant plants and open competition can provide Californians relief from high energy prices," said Bill Ross, manager of market development. "Two of Calpine's new energy centers in northern California will be entering production just in time to help alleviate anticipated energy shortages next summer."

The value of the PG&E deal was not disclosed.

Copyright © 2026 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service