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LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.
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LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Industry News
Minnesota Nuclear Plant Relicensing in Doubt
LCG, Mar. 12, 2003--The Prairie Island nuclear plant owned by utility Xcel Energy Inc. may have a chance to continue operating beyond 2007 if a bill now circulating in the Minnesota legislature allows storage of nuclear waste at the plant site to be increased.The bill is not seen as having strong support at present, but would be essential if the Prairie Island plant is to avoid being decommissioned. On-site storage limits are a condition of receving a license, and present increases in storage needs would lead to the limit being reached in 2007, according to XCel. Xcel had planned to replace a steam turbine at Unit 1 in 2004, but will not proceed without assurances that the 1,100-megawatt plant has a future.Were Prairie Island to be forced to shut down, Xcel has talked to two power suppliers about alternative means of obtaining energy. Thus far, it has revealed it could sign a contract with Calpine for output from two plants of roughly 550 megawatts each, one gas-fired and the other coal-fired. The current uncertainty over storage adequacy increased following the denial of a license to a private company wishing to store waste on a Native American reservation in Utah.
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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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