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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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AES Boosts Ownership in Argentine Hydroelectric Plant

LCG, Jan. 4, 2001AES Corp. said yesterday that it had acquired an additional 39 percent ownership interest in a 1,000 megawatt hydroelectric facility in the Argentine province of Neuquen, bringing its total interest to 98 percent.

Last August, the U.S. firm bought a 59 percent interest in Hydroelectrica Alicura from Southern Energy Inc., also of the U.S. Yesterday, AES said it had last week purchased additional interests of 19.5 percent each from the Argentine federal government and from the provincial government of Neuquen.

AES said it paid a total of $9 million in the two transactions.

Hydroelectrica Alicura consists of four 250 megawatt turbines. It is located in Argentina's Andes on the Limay River near Bariloche, on the border of Rio Negro province.

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