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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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Congressman Wants Enron's Accountants Probed
LCG, Nov. 20, 2001--U.S. Congressman John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who considers himself the "dean of the House of Representatives" and who is the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has called for an investigation of accounting firm Arthur Andersen in connection with its audits of Enron Corp.In a letter released yesterday, Dingell asked the Public Oversight Board for "an oversight review or special investigation of Arthur Andersen LLP."In his letter, Dingell wrote "The best accounting standards in the world are meaningless if the accounting and audit processes are so inept or corrupt that they produce unreliable numbers and untruthful reporting."As high-flying Enron has collapsed, beset by a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into several partnerships involved in "off-balance-sheet" transactions, the company has been forced to restate its earnings for recent years.Critics have asked why the company or its accountants couldn't get the numbers right the first time. Chicago-based Arthur Andersen has also been scored for not doing more as Enron's auditor to draw investors' attention to questionable accounting practices.Dingell is one of those critics. "I request that (the Public Oversight Board's) investigation or review include adequate, transparent and public disclosure of all significant issues identified," he wrote.Arthur Andersen is one of the so-called "Big Five" accounting firms -- which consists of The Big Five: Andersen, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG Peat Marwick and Price Waterhouse Coopers.They were once known as the "Big Eight," but that was before William Cooper merged with Lybrand, Adam & Edward Ross, & Robert Montgomery and later with Price Waterhouse & Co.; before Deloitte merged with Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart; and before Ernst & Whinney merged with Arthur Young.As the huge accounting firms have consolidated into fewer companies, they have branched out into all kinds of consulting, raising questions about possible conflicts of interest. A lawsuit in Oregon charges that Arthur Andersen's judgment in its Enron audits was impaired by fat fees it was collecting from the energy company.In a response to Dingell's letter, Andersen spokesman David Talbot said he firm was confident that the Public Oversight Board process "will confirm the quality of our auditing processes."
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