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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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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.
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Industry News
SMUD May Cancel 1000 MW of New Generation
LCG, May 20, 2002-The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is considering canceling plans to build the Consumnes Power Plant. The plans were to build the 1000 MW gas-burning plant next to out-of-commission Rancho Seco, using 8,000 acre-feet of water from the American River for cooling. The California Energy Commission questioned this water usage, preferring power plants to use reclaimed water or dry cooling methods over high-quality water when possible. SMUD says that it would cost significantly more to build the Consumnes plant without the use of American River water. The steeper price tag decreases the chances of SMUD choosing to build the plant by 25 to 50 percent. The first phase of building, to generate 500 MW, was scheduled to be operational in 2005 and would have cost $374 million to build. The second phase would have come on-line sometime around 2008. SMUD says that cooling the plant with sewage treatment plant water, 26 miles away, would cost $45 million extra in construction and $8 million in operation over 30 years. Air cooling would add $42 million in construction and $291 million in operation. Apparently SMUD is fairly upset about the permitting process, and according to the Sacramento Bee, former SMUD chief and current chairman of the California Power Authority David Freeman said, "They're pretty angry; these folks are not in the habit of being regulated. It brings out the animal in them."While the potential cancellation of this plant will not be seriously detrimental to the region, the pattern of delay is worrying some people because more generation or better transmission is necessary for grid stability in the Sacramento region. Two other area plant projects have also been delayed; they are the Roseville and Rio Linda-Elverta projects. A SMUD report detailing options for the project is due in June.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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