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In Memory of Rajat Deb: Inspiring Man of Ideas and Remarkable Silicon Valley Archetype

By Anjuli Deb -- With deep sadness and profound appreciation, we share the passing of LCG's founder, Dr. Rajat K. Deb. He was our president and one of the first entrepreneurs in the computer revolution. He was also our friend, our teacher and mentor, and for a few of us, our father and grandfather.

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PJM Accepts More Than 200 GW of New Generation Projects Into First Cycle of Reformed Interconnection Process

LCG, August 3, 2026--PJM Interconnection today announced that 715 new generation projects, capable of generating more than 200 GW of electricity, have qualified to be studied in the first Cycle of PJM's reformed interconnection process. PJM's application window closed April 27, with 811 proposals submitted for new resources. The applications were subject to an initial screening process that vets applications for required technical information and financial deposits.

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Canadians Clash Over Alberta Power

LCG, April 24, 2002-Power generators and consumers began a six-week hearing this week in Calgary over the congestion management of Alberta's transmission grid.

Alberta's transmission authority, ESBI Alberta, manages 20,000 kilometers of transmission. Expanding the aging system to meet future generation needs is estimated to cost somewhere between half a billion and one billion Canadian dollars ($319 to $638 million).

Generators and consumers, northerners and southerners must find some medium by which to operate the Alberta grid.

Large companies like TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. and TransAlta Corp. will contest ESBI's proposals, which include retaining a "postage stamp" approach to increasing production and applying transmission fees to support exports. Postage stamp fees essentially set a standard price on transmission transactions regardless of distance or path of the transaction.

Some participants contend that generators may benefit from export revenues gained from expansion, which would be paid for by customers. According to the Dow Jones, Optimum Energy Management Inc.'s Dale Hildebrand asserted, "If you believe in the market, let the market decide. Don't roll costs in to give one generator a competitive advantage over another generator."

According to the consulting firm, lower cost generation in northern Alberta will most likely profit from rolled-in costs over southern generation because Alberta's main export line is in the south and transmission is limited in the north-south power corridor.

Although Optimum Energy believes an agreement can be reached, an intervener noted, "Organizing the schedule is like herding cats, or better said, lions and Siberian tigers."

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