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

Duke Energy Submits 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan to Public Service Commission

LCG, August 19, 2026--Duke Energy announced Monday that its 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan was submitted August 14 to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC). The company states that its strategy is designed to maximize the value of existing resource assets while (i) making prudent investments in additional diverse resources needed to serve South Carolina's growing population and economy and (ii) maintaining its focus on delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy. The PSCSC will now evaluate the 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan, hold a hearing in April 2027 and issue an order by June 2027.

Read more

Industry News

Newsmakers

Sebastian Coppola, senior vice president and chief financial officer of gas company Semco Energy Inc., will take on the additional responsibilities of president and chief operating officer of Semco Energy Ventures, the company's unregulated subsidiary that owns intrastate gastransmission pipelines, underground gas storage and other non-regulated assets in Michigan.

Amiel David has been named senior vice president and managing director in the Houston office of Duke Capital Partners LLC. For the past eight years, he has been director and senior vice president at First Union Securities Inc., also in Houston.

Jeff Faulk has been named president and chief executive of Duke/Fluor Daniel, a joint venture between Fluor Corp. and Duke Energy Corp. that provides global engineering, construction and operating services to fossil-fueled power generating facilities. He most recently was a senior vice president of Flour Daniel.

T. J. Glauthier, former deputy secretary and chief operating officer with the U.S. Department of Energy, has been appointed president and chief executive of the newly founded Electricity Innovation Institute, an independent affiliated organization of the Electric Power Research Institute.

Lisa Metcalfe has been named vice president and chief technology officer of Avista Advantage, a subsidiary of Avista Corp., the former Washington (state) Water Power Co. She joins Avista from Washington (D.C.) Gas Light Co., where she was vice president and chief information officer.

Victor H. Pena has been named senior vice president and chief administrative officer ofNevada-based Sierra Pacific Resources Corp., the holding company for the state's major utilities, Nevada Power Co. and Sierra Pacific Power Co. He returns to Sierra Pacific after three years in Atlanta as a vice president of AGL Resources Inc.

Richard Schwartz has been named vice president for business development by Avista Advantage, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. He most recently was senior vice president of Cambridge Technology Partners of Cambridge, Mass. where he served as chief operating officer for North America.

Theodore J. Vogel has been named vice president for taxes and tax counsel by CMS Energy Corp. He occupied that position with subsidiary CMS Enterprises from 1997 to 2000 andwas an attorney for CMS Energy's principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy Co., from 1979 to 1987.

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