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LCG, September 12, 2025--Entergy announced yesterday that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved Entergy Texas’ proposal to build two efficient natural gas-fired power plants to support the region’s rapid growth. The combined electric generating capacity of the two facilities, the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, will add over 1,200 MW to the Southeast Texas power grid to support new customer demand, increase reliability and lower costs for all customers. Both facilities are scheduled to commence operations by mid-2028.
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LCG, September 4, 2025--Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced yesterday that phased construction has commenced on its 142-MW Appaloosa Solar Project, a utility-scale solar facility underway in southeastern Washington. The project is being built by Qcells EPC, who will serve as the module manufacturer and the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) solution provider. Construction is scheduled through 2026, and commercial operation is expected at the end of next year.
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Industry News
Class Action Seeks Refunds from California Power Firms
LCG, Nov. 30, 2000--A class action suit, filed yesterday in San Diego Superior Court, claims that a baker's dozen electricity companies violated antitrust and consumer protection laws by manipulating prices in California's electric power market.The suit, filed on behalf of San Diego Gas & Electric Co. customers, seeks class action status on behalf of all residential and business customers in California. If granted, the plaintiff lawyers would have a much larger pool of potential litigants to draw upon.As filed, the suit seeks to recover initially at least $1 billion in alleged overpayments to SDG&E, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy Inc.Lead lawyer in the suit is Leonard Simon, a veteran of class-action antitrust cases, who helped win a $1 billion settlement three years ago from Wall Street firms accused of inflating Nasdaq stock prices. Also involved is Michael Aguirre, who said court action is necessary because federal and state regulators have bungled the job.In the lawyers' eyes, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission bungled the job when its chairman, James Hoecker, said his agency lacked authority to order refunds.Yesterday, Simon said he was confident he would be able to unearth evidence of collusion because he and his fellow class-action litigators are willing to take the time to dig deeper than bureaucrats. "It's going to take years," he said.Mark Palmer, a spokesman for Enron Corp., a defendant in the case, said the lawsuit was without merit. "Three separate independent government regulatory agencies have investigated these allegations (of collusion) and found none to be true," he said. Defendants named in the suit include: Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, a unit of Duke Energy Corp.; Dynegy Power Marketing Inc.; Enron Energy Services; Enron Power Marketing Inc.; Morgan Stanley Capital Group; NRG Energy Inc.; PG&E Energy Trading, a unit of PG&E Corp.; Reliant Energy Services, a unit of Reliant Energy Inc.; Sempra Energy Trading and Sempra Energy Resources, units of Sempra Energy Inc.; Southern Company Energy Marketing; Williams Energy Marketing and Trading; and Williams Energy Services Co.
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