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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
California Submits Evidence of Alleged Manipulation
LCG, Mar. 3, 2003--California officials continue to try to obtain $7.5 billion worth of refunds from power suppliers based on long-term contract prices signed in 2001, and said evidence they are submitting to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today was too significant to be concealed by a protective order.The evidence, taken from transcripts of conversations between power traders, documentation of bids and plant operations, interviews with traders and company memos, was collected during a period of 100 days, an extension of the time in which the FERC had originally allowed the state to submit its findings. While Reliant Resources was fined $13.8 million for its role in having power withheld from the market during a short period during June, 2000, those involved with the current investigation have indicated that market abuse was much more prevalent and persistent than has previously been demonstrated.According to California's findings, the San Francisco Chronicle has said, major energy companies such as Williams, Dynegy and Mirant shut down power plants that were capable of operating in order to drive prices up artificially. Companies named by California will have until March 20 to rebut the state's conclusions. FERC intends to make its determination on most of the claims for refund within a month's time.The chairman of utility holding company Edison International, John Bryson, said information sealed under the protective order contains evidence that is "extraordinarily strong." According to Loretta Lynch, a current member and former president of the California Public utilities Commission quoted in the San Diego Tribune, "If FERC does not institute punishment that is both serious and suitable, (market manipulation) will continue and the only choice will be reregulation of the marketplace." Gary Ackerman, the executive director of the Western Power Trading Forum, said that FERC's plan to reach a conclusion on nearly all the claims within a month "sounds a little tight," and commented that "I would expect and pray my members have not done any of this and they will bring to light anything that was inappropriate in the course of this process."
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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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PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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