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Suniva Announces New Facility to Dramatically Increase Solar Cell Manufacturing Capacity in America

LCG, April 15, 2026--Suniva announced yesterday that it has entered agreements to bring a state-of-the-art 4.5 GW solar cell manufacturing facility to Laurens, South Carolina. The new facility, combined with Suniva’s existing facility at its headquarters in metro Atlanta, will bring the company’s total annual domestic solar cell manufacturing capacity to over 5.5 GW.

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U.S. Coal-fired Generating Capacity Retirements in 2025 Are Less Than 20 Percent of Retirements in 2022

LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.

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New President of California PUC Appointed

LCG, Dec. 31, 2002--Commissioner Michael Peevey was appointed by California Gov. Gray Davis as his choice to replace the current President of the California Public Utilities Commission, Loretta Lynch, according to spokesman Steve Maviglio.

In addition, Davis' Cabinet Secretary, Susan Kennedy, was named to the board, and would take the place of Henry Duque, who is scheduled to vacate his seat. With Duque's departure, Davis will have appointed all five members of the Commission board.

Peevey is formerly a president of Edison International and executive at Southern California Edison. He was also chief executive at TruePricing Inc., which used technology to track energy usage for large business customers and government institutions, from 1995 to 2000.

Legislators will need to vote on Davis' appointments, after the state's Senate members return to Sacramento on Jan. 6. It is not known yet when the appointments will be voted upon.
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