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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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SRP Signs Agreement for 600 MW of Wind Energy to Arizona Grid from Pattern Energy's SunZia Project

LCG, July 8, 2026--Salt River Project (SRP) and Pattern Energy today announced they have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 600 MW of SunZia wind energy. SRP will begin to receive 400 MW of energy this fall and will increase its allocation to 600 MW by summer of 2027. The agreement will support SRP's efforts to meet growing energy demand across the Phoenix metropolitan area while maintaining affordability, reliability and sustainability for customers.

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Northwest States Ask FERC to Order Power Refunds

LCG, Aug. 21, 2001--The states of Washington and Oregon were joined by Nevada yesterday in asking a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission administrative law judge to order refunds of more than $1 billion they say they were overcharged when they purchased wholesale power to compensate for that diverted to California earlier this year.

California also got into the act, looking for a $1.5 billion chunk of the $8.9 billion the state says it has been overcharged for power over an as yet undefined time span.

Yesterday's court session before FERC Judge Carmen Cintron was the first round of a case brought by Puget Sound energy Inc and a number of Pacific Northwest municipal utilities, including Seattle City Light Co.

The hearings are supposedly unrelated to those held in July before FERC Judge Curtis Wagner, which sought unsuccessfully to sort out California's $8.9 billion claim. In that case, Wagner said California was possibly owed a maximum of $1 billion and was unlikely to see any cash at all because the power producers were still owed more than that amount.

The five-member FERC could rule on Wagner's recommendations in October.

In the case brought yesterday, which named Powerex, the power marketing arm of Canadian provincially owned utility BC Hydro, Enron Corp., Idaho Power Co. parent holding company Idacorp Inc. and Pinnacle West Capital Corp. unit Arizona Public Service Co., among others, the states argued that refunds to the Northwest states and Nevada are within the scope of FERC's overall review.

Lawrence Acker, a lawyer representing the so-called "Transaction Finality Group" which consists of the power producers, said Judge Cintron should "defer individual claims and determine to what extentrefunds are due," for the Pacific Northwest.

Acker said sales made to the Pacific Northwest were final and refunds should not be considered unless abuse of market power can be shown.

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