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LCG, March 17, 2026--Oklo Inc. (Oklo) today announced that it has signed a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to support the design, construction, and operation of Oklo’s first reactor, the Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under DOE’s Reactor Pilot Program (RPP). The DOE Idaho Operations Office subsequently approved the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (NSDA) for the fast-fission power plant, and Oklo immediately requested DOE commence review of its Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (PDSA).
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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.
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Industry News
PPL Montana Says Aggregator Misled Judge
LCG, July 16, 2001--PPL Montana Inc., the unit of PPL Corp. that bought power plants from Montana Power Co. as that utility began exiting the electricity business, filed actions in both federal and state court Friday, over what it called a breach of contract terms by Energy West Resources Inc., a Great Falls-based energy aggregator.PPL had announced its intention to terminate a contract with Energy West, which then went to court seeking to block that move.PPL claims that Energy West had dealt falsely with it in order to get power to sell on the high-priced Western spot market. "Energy West, on a daily basis, told PPL that it needed an average of about 38 percent more electricity than it actually needed to serve customers -- a clear violation of our contract," said Robert J. Grey, PPL senior vice president and general counsel.Under the terms of the contract signed in March 2000, PPL Montana agreed to supply sufficient electricity to meet the needs of retail customers that have contracted with Energy West, up to a maximum of 75 megawatts per hour, PPL alleged. PPL Montana says it sold the electricity to Energy West at prices substantially below prevailing market prices in the region."The low purchase price from PPL Montana meant that Energy West profited enormously byimproperly ordering more power from PPL on a daily basis than it needed to serve customers andthen selling that excess in the wholesale markets," Grey said.Energy West had obtained a temporary restraining order against PPL Montana from a U.S. District Court, preventing termination of the contract. On Friday PPL asked federal Judge Donald Molloy to lift that order and to refrain from issuing a preliminary injunction, saying they were not necessary to protect electricity customers in the state.PPL Montana said Energy West misled Judge Molloy into thinking that customers would lose electricity supply if PPL were to terminate the Energy West agreement."Energy West inaccurately claimed that our attempts to terminate our supply contract with them would result in an interruption of electricity service to customers," Grey said. "This simply is not the case."In the state court action, PPL Montana is seeking a judgment that Energy West violated the terms of its contract with PPL and should pay PPL all damages resulting from Energy West's conduct. PPL estimates damages of at least $7.5 million.
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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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