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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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Industry News
FERC to Attempt to Prevent Utility Market Power
LCG, Apr. 14, 2004--The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Pat Wood, has put in place interim rules that establish criteria that may be used to determine whether utilities have market power, and should therefore not be allowed to sell electricity at market prices.As part of the order containing the new tests of market power, FERC is allowing American Electric Power (AEP), Entergy Corp. and Southern Co. to respond with their own findings regarding the tests the agency has devised, and their service territories. One of the tests is intended to measure whether a company is a supplier with indispensable resources to satisfy market demand at the annual peak demand. The other test works similarly, but on a seasonal, rather than annual, basis.The results of the tests will not be considered absolute indicators of the existence of market power. Rather, companies may put forth their own tools for analysis. Additionally, companies may point to others as having market power, using their own criteria. Those utilities found to have market power will need to propose solutions for blocking the exercise of the market power. The primary method available and recognized so far is for utilities to sell electricity based on their costs.
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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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