EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

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.

Read more

Avantus and Clean Power Alliance Sign PPA for 200-MW Solar Plus Storage Facility for Southern California Communities

LCG, July 13, 2026--Avantus, an independent power producer (IPP), and Clean Power Alliance (CPA) today announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Rexford 2 solar and storage project in Tulare County, California. The project will deliver 200 MWac of solar power combined with a 200 MW/800 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California grid. The project is scheduled to commence construction in 2027 and achieve operations in late 2028. Commercial operations under the PPA are scheduled to start in May 2029. Avantus plans to own and operate facility.

Read more

Industry News

Bankruptcy Court Will Hear PG&E Utility Case Nov 18

LCG, September 26, 2002-The bankruptcy court in charge of California utility Pacific Gas & Electric utility's case will begin confirmation hearings November 18.

The utility, a unit of PG&E Corporation, announced bankruptcy last year when price discrepancies between wholesale and retail electricity brought the utility into financial instability.

The California Public Utilities Commission and the utility came up with separate recovery plans for the utility, and creditors to the utility voted on which of the two plans they would support. The PUC's plan involved keeping the utility's assets under California law, whereas the utility's plan involved splitting up assets into several companies, all but one of which would fall outside of the state's control.

The outcome of creditors' voting favored the utility's plan, but because the vote was not 100 percent in favor, the bankruptcy court will hear both plans.

In court today, the PUC requested that the court postpone its confirmation hearing because of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding an agreement between the PUC and another California utility, Southern California Edison. The Ninth Circuit found that the SCE and PUC settlement was unlawful; their agreement allowed billions of dollars to be recovered from ratepayers by overcollections. The Ninth Circuit's decision threw the legality of certain aspects of the PUC's plan for Pacific Gas & Electric into question.

Pacific Gas & Electric serves 24 million customers in Northern California.

Copyright © 2026 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service