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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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DOE Closes $1.9 Billion Loan to Restart Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant in Iowa

LCG, September 9, 2026--The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) yesterday announced the financial close of a loan of up to $1.9 billion to NextEra Energy to support the finance of the restart of Iowa's only nuclear power plant, the Duane Arnold Energy Center. EDF has now financed three, carbon-free nuclear plant restarts and completed four concurrent conditional commitments and financial closings under the current Administration. This latest investment, along with the others, advance the Administration's energy dominance agenda and Executive Order, Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base.

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Industry News

Who Gets Hit with Enron Fallout

LCG, Nov. 30, 2001--For the past few days, energy companies and financial institutions have been cranking out press releases detailing their "exposure" to the stunning collapse of Enron Corp. Here is an incomplete list of who gets hurt and how much:

  • Aquila Inc. - less than $50 million.
  • Allegheny Energy Inc. - less than $5 million.
  • American Electric Power Co. - under $50 million.
  • BP Plc - exposure "a couple of tens of million dollars," according to industrial observers.
  • Barclays Bank - 400 million ($571 million U.S.) in the form of syndicated loans and derivatives.
  • Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. - $69 million.
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - $215 million, more than half of it unsecured.
  • Centrica Plc - 30 million ($42.8 million U.S.).
  • Chubb Corp. - $220 million in maximum pre-tax exposure to surety bonds relating to Enron Corp.
  • Citigroup Inc. - between $700 million to $800 million, about half unsecured.
  • Credit Lyonnais - $250 million, about half unsecured.
  • Commerzbank AG - "low double-digit million dollar amount".
  • Deutsche Bank - maximum loss of tens of millions of dollars.
  • Dominion Resources Inc. - past credit exposure of $11 million.
  • Duke Energy Corp. - $100 million in non-secured exposure.
  • Dynegy Inc. - $75 million.
  • El Paso Corp. - net trading exposure about $50 million.
  • Energen Corp. - about $14 million.
  • Exelon Corp.- net exposure less than $10 million.
  • ING (The Netherlands) - about $195 million.
  • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. - $900 million, including $400 million in secured loans.
  • KeySpan Corp. - less than $4 million.
  • Mirant - up to $60 million.
  • NRG Energy Inc. - less than $10 million.
  • Northern Border Partners LP - $9 million over next year.
  • PPL Inc. - less than $10 million.
  • Peoples Energy Corp. - approximately $8 million.
  • RWE AG - 10-11 million euros ($9.77 million U.S.).
  • Reliant Resources Inc. - approximately $80 million.
  • Sempra Energy - less than $15 million.
  • Seneca Resources Corp. - about $10.4 million.
  • TotalFinaElf - $25 million.
  • Williams Cos. - net exposure less than $100 million.
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