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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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DPL Joins Alliance RTO

LCG, Dec. 1, 2000--DPL Inc., parent company for Dayton Power & Light Co., said this morning that it had completed the paperwork and was now official a member of the Alliance Regional Transmission Organization.

"The Alliance RTO will maintain the reliability and affordability that has been built into the DPLsystem over the last ninety years," said Allen Hill, chief executive of the utility holding company. "We reviewed a number of alternatives and decided that the Alliance RTO was the best option for our customers."

Alliance is growing rapidly. Ameren Corp. last month joined Commonwealth Edison Co. and Illinois Power Co. in shifting from the Midwest Independent System Operator to Alliance.

In total, Alliance members own more than 50,000 miles of transmission lines serving 35 million customers over a 140,000 square mile area, DPL noted.

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