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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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Reliant to Spin Off Unregulated Businesses

LCG, Oct. 18, 2000--Reliant Energy Inc. said yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary Reliant Resources Inc. has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering of Reliant Resources common stock.

In the filing, Reliant said it expects to realize up to $1.3 billion in the public offering. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes including the development of generating facilities, acquisitions and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness, the company said.

Reliant Resources is the vehicle for the parent company's unregulated businesses, which include power plants and energy trading, marketing and risk management operations.

In notes along with the filing, Reliant Resources said "We intend to become a provider of retail electric services in Texas when the market opens to retail competition in Jan. 2002 and in other U.S. markets with favorable regulatory structures and profit opportunities thereafter."

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