Omnis Pleasants, LLC

Case No.: 26-11169 · Delaware · Petition date: Jul 26, 2026

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Omnis Pleasants, LLC Bankruptcy Case

Omnis Pleasants is operating the Pleasants Power Station under interim cash-collateral authority while pursuing a sale of all or substantially all of its assets; no DIP loan is currently authorized. The debtor filed Chapter 11 on July 26, 2026, after management attributed its operational and financial distress to alleged misconduct by former management, regulatory scrutiny of the plant’s 2023–2025 operations, and an escalating contest over control of the company and facility. Its prepetition capital structure includes obligations to the West Virginia Economic Development Authority and Bilt Technology, together with first-priority liens granted to TRAG LLC and RG Energy LLC, as described in the CEO’s first-day declarationDkt. 10.

The governance dispute followed the February 2026 appointment of an independent manager under a forbearance arrangement with TRAG and RG Energy. Omnis Fuel Technologies and Quantum Pleasants contend that a July tender of the lenders’ asserted payoff amount terminated that arrangement and the independent manager’s authority; they have challenged the debtor’s authority to commence the case and seek first-day relief in the objecting parties’ declarationDkt. 43. Against that backdrop, the court entered an interim cash-collateral orderDkt. 50 on July 29, permitting continued operations under a budget while granting the secured parties replacement liens and a superpriority claim. The order also imposes biweekly liquidity testing and preserves a 75-day challenge period.

The case is therefore on a fast sale track rather than a standalone financing or plan path at this stage. The cash-collateral order requires a bidding-procedures motion by August 5 and sets a final cash-collateral hearing for September 3. Objections to final first-day relief are due August 19 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, and the omnibus final hearing is scheduled for September 3 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, according to the hearing noticeDkt. 57.

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PetitionJuly 29, 2026

Former owner challenges authority behind Omnis Pleasants bankruptcy

Omnis Fuel Technologies and Quantum Pleasants attacked Omnis Pleasants’ newly filed Chapter 11 as unauthorized and in bad faith, asking the court to dismiss the case, deny the first-day motions, or hold an evidentiary hearing on management’s authority. The challengers contend that Dynamic Finance tendered $75.64 million to TRAG and RG Energy on July 16, terminating the forbearance agreement and its independent-manager structure, and that Quantum removed Gilbert Nathan as sole director on July 20—six days before the Chapter 11 petition. Their omnibus objection therefore asserts that Nathan and CEO David Hindman lacked authority to place the company in bankruptcy.

Current management presents the opposite account. Hindman’s first-day declaration says Nathan and Hindman were installed in February 2026 to stabilize the 1,278-megawatt Pleasants Power Station after alleged insider transactions, underinvestment in coal and maintenance, and failed restructuring talks. Management intends to market the plant for a free-and-clear sale, while the former owner seeks to regain governance control. The competing narratives, also detailed by the News and Sentinel, put the validity of the filing—and control of the sale process—at the center of the case from day one.

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