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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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Big Wind Farm Planned Near Amarillo, Texas

LCG, Feb. 28, 2001Southwestern Public Service Co., a unit of Xcel Energy Inc., and Cielo Wind Power announced jointly yesterday plans to build an 80 megawatt wind farm near White Deer, Texas, about 40 miles east of Amarillo.

Construction of the facility, to be called Llano Estacado Wind Ranch at White Deer is scheduled to begin in July. Cielo will be the project developer and said it will take about six months to build the facility.

The project will employ 80 Mitsubishi 1,000 kilowatt wind turbines, each of which is about 226 feet tall and weighs 160 tons. The three rotating blades have a diameter of 184 feet.

Power generated when the wind blows at White Deer will be sold to Xcel Energy under a 15-year contract.

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