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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
FERC Expands Capacity Market Payments to Generators in New York
LCG, May 22, 2003-The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has changed its policy on payments to electricity generating companies in New York state.New York's capacity market requires that utilities pay power plant owners for keeping their generators working and available. Utilities in New York have to secure 118 percent of expected peak electricity demand. Until Wednesday, generators reserving this demand were paid according to the FERC regulation.Starting yesterday, generators reserving electricity over the minimum 118 percent requirement will also receive payments. FERC decided to change its policy as the Commission found it will give "better price signals to investors for the construction of new generation, encourage the formation of long-term bilateral transactions and reduce incentives to withhold capacity," according to the FERC order.Utilities not meeting the 118 percent requirement were charged $250 per kilowatt-hour for electricity, according to a deficiency charge.The New York Independent System Operator will still assess secured capacity each month by requiring utilities to state how much capacity they have reserved for the coming month. However, those utilities who have not secured enough power will have the opportunity to purchase capacity as generators will be able to bid in available capacity.Capacity payments will change according to power availability, and payments will reach $0 at the point when overall available capacity is over 130 percent of peak demand.The current changes will be applicable for 3 years. FERC is positive the new capacity payments will stabilize power prices, although several utilities have come out against the changes.The New York Independent System Operator will file annual capacity market reports in order that FERC will better assess the changes and prevent any possible withholding of capacity.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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