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LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.
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LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.
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Industry News
FERC Issues Challenge Regarding Power Market Behavior
LCG, June 25, 2003--The commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today issued rulings barring bankrupt Enron Corp. from trading in energy markets, and ordered 60 power companies and utilities to provide justification for profits realized from the Western energy markets during the period Jan. 1, 2000 through June 20, 2001.Enron will not be allowed to trade in electricity or natural gas markets apart from unwinding its current positions, for as long as it is involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The penalty was based on findings that Enron subsidiaries and five additional companies had manipulated the price of natural gas at the Henry Hub, partly through EnronOnline, the Internet-based trading system. Enron was found to have earned $3.2 million because of the manipulation. Units of the company will be allowed to re-apply for permission to trade, post-bankruptcy.A report by FERC staff released in March recommended that a "show cause" order be directed at companies that staff determined had made profits that may have resulted from illegal actions, and should have to justify the basis for their market behavior. While that report named 37 parties, today's order included 60. Proceedings will take place before an administrative law judge to determine what if any penalties should be assessed on companies that are found to have broken trading rules in the California market.Commissioner William Massey stated, "I think this order is a major step toward addressing the manipulation that contributed to the extraordinary Western power crisis." Massey stated that he did not believe forcing companies named in the order to disgorge profits to the extent they are found to be unjust would ignore inflated profits earned by other companies that did not engage in improper behavior, and therefore would not make the market whole.
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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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