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LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.
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LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.
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Industry News
Idaho Power to Boost Electric Rates 23 Percent
LCG, May 2, 2001--The Idaho Public Utilities Commission yesterday granted the largest electricity rate hike in the history of Idaho Power Co. and there may be another increase in rates this summer. The new rates will take effect immediately. In a unanimous ruling, the PUC gave Idaho Power permission to collect $168.3 million of the $227.4 million the company had asked for in its annual power cost adjustment filing, essentially boosting overall rates by about 25 percent.Idaho Power chief executive Jan Packwood acknowledged "This is one whopping rate increase," but noted that the bulk of the increase about three-quarters of it was to cover the high costs of wholesale power which have soared as a result of the deregulation fiasco in California. "We understand this will create hardships for some people," Packwood said. "It certainly will have ramifications for the Idaho economy as well."The PUC will hold hearing again this summer to see if another rate hike is justified, and it could be, given the expected high cost of wholesale power likely to result when California tries to avoid rolling blackouts by having state agencies purchase power in the spot market."I hope everyone recognizes by now that we are in the midst of an unprecedented energy crisis, and during such times it is essential that rates for customers not be set artificially low," Packwood said. "We anticipate that prices will remain high throughout this year and into next. It is in no one's interest ifwholesale prices are sky-high and not reflected in the actual prices that customers pay."
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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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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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