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SPP's Western Expansion Set for Implementation on April 1

LCG, March 13, 2026--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced yesterday that leaders from the participating organizations voted unanimously to proceed as planned with expanding its regional transmission organization (RTO) services into the Western Interconnection. SPP sees the decision to proceed as planned as a strong signal of confidence as SPP and its partner utilities prepare for this key milestone, which will occur overnight between March 31 and April 1.

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Entergy Estimates Customer Savings of $5B from "Fair Share Plus" Data Center Agreements

LCG, March 6, 2026--Entergy yesterday announced approximately $5 billion in total savings for 2.3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi resulting from data center customer agreements in those states. Entergy, which completed its first data center customer agreement in 2024, projects the customer savings over the next 20 years and after the regulatory approval or acknowledgement of the public service commissions in those states.

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Cinergy Wind Farm Goes On-line

LCG, Oct. 11, 2000--Cinergy Corp. subsidiary Cinergy Global Power Ltd. said yesterday that it and Sea West Wind Power Inc. had signed off on the 28-turbine, 16.8 megawatt Foote Creek IV Wind Power project, placing the Wyoming wind farm into commercial operation.

The project is located on a rim of the Medicine Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains, northwest of Laramie. It is among the windiest spots in the nation.

"One of (our) key strategies is to invest in renewable energy projects worldwide," said John Bryant, president of Cinergy Global Resources. "The Foote Creek wind project fits perfectly into those plans and helps us diversify our generation assets in the United States."

Sea West has developed three large wind projects on the Medicine Bow Range and, with completion of Foote Creek IV, the rim will have a total installed capacity of 84.75 megawatts.

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