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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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Arevon Celebrates Commencement of Operations at the 300-MW Nighthawk Energy Storage Project in California

LCG, August 12, 2026--Arevon Energy, Inc., an energy developer, owner, and operator, today announced that its 300 MW/1,200 MWh Nighthawk Energy Storage Project in Poway, California, is now operational. Arevon celebrated the project's completion with an on-site ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by project partners, local officials, and others who helped bring the project online. Nighthawk, the largest standalone storage facility in the company's portfolio, should enhance system reliability and is among the San Diego region's most significant energy storage facilities.

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Missouri AG Misses Target in Gas Price Probe

LCG, Feb. 20, 2001Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has ended two days of hearings into the high price of natural gas. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, TV cameras were rolling as he "grilled gas utility executives and listened to market analysts explain why prices shot through the roof earlier this winter."

As he did so, gas prices were on their way down. Laclede Gas Co. and the Missouri Gas Energy unit of Southern Union Co. had petitioned the Missouri Public Service Commission last week, asking for a 20 percent rate cut beginning next month.

Nixon quickly shifted his target from rates to public disclosure of the documents and contracts the gas companies file with regulators when they seek a rate change. "I can't think of any good reason why someone who's been granted monopoly power to also be granted the power to hide the price they pay for something," Nixon said.

Warren Wood, head of the commission's natural gas unit, explained that some documents are public and some are not. Contracts between a utility and its supplier are typically confidential, he said. "That's not a Missouri problem," Wood said. "That's across the country."

Nixon was persistent, and said he would seek ways to open up the ratemaking to public scrutiny.

Donato J. Eassey of Merrill Lynch told Nixon that Laclede officials have done a good job of holding down prices. "I think they should be commended instead of challenged," Eassey said. "They have some of the lowest prices in the nation."

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