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Suniva Announces New Facility to Dramatically Increase Solar Cell Manufacturing Capacity in America

LCG, April 15, 2026--Suniva announced yesterday that it has entered agreements to bring a state-of-the-art 4.5 GW solar cell manufacturing facility to Laurens, South Carolina. The new facility, combined with Suniva’s existing facility at its headquarters in metro Atlanta, will bring the company’s total annual domestic solar cell manufacturing capacity to over 5.5 GW.

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U.S. Coal-fired Generating Capacity Retirements in 2025 Are Less Than 20 Percent of Retirements in 2022

LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.

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El Paso Corp. Files Partial Settlement

LCG, June 5, 2003-Subsidiaries of natural gas pipeline company El Paso Corporation filed a structural settlement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Several bodies from Western states have claimed that El Paso manipulated natural gas flow, resulting in high gas prices and contributing to the energy crisis of 2000/2001.

In March El Paso agreed to pay $1.7 billion worth of settlements regarding these claims, and the company said yesterday that settlements are in their final stages.

The settlements, filed by natural gas and merchant energy units El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso Merchant Energy Company, and El Paso Merchant Energy - Gas, L.P.,, were submitted to the FERC along with the California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E Utility, the city of Los Angeles, and Southern California Edison.

El Paso Corporation is the nation's largest pipeline company, with 58,000 miles of pipeline, in addition to drilling and energy assets.

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