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LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.
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LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.
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US GAO Affirms CA Crisis Related to Shortage
LCG, June 25, 2002-The United States General Accounting Office released a report yesterday which finds that the California energy crisis was due to a lack of capacity in the state.Politicians have disagreed over the origin of the California crisis, and recently exposed market manipulation pratices have set politicians' fingers pointing at energy companies.The GAO report asserts that market manipulation alone did not result in the crisis and that the state had a higher demand than supply.The report also pointed out that new generation was built in other deregulated sates, such as Pennsylvania and Texas, at a much higher rate relative to forecasted need than that in California. Through 2001 California built a quarter of its forecasted capacity needs, while Texas built more than twice is forecasted capacity need.The GAO included several reasons for a lack of generation investment in California, including more unpredictable regulatory review and a longer permit process, 4 months longer than Pennsylvania and 10 months longer than Texas. Also, the GAO reports that Clean Air Act standards complicate permitting in California, and the unstable California market may scare off energy development.Republican Representative Doug Ose has lauded the report and finds it supports his efforts to eliminate governor Gray Davis' control of the California Independent System Operator. Ose also asserts that changes must be made or shortages will plague the state again soon, although many energy officials have already asserted that the state has sufficient supply, and new energy projects are under development.
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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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