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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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Melinda Ackerman has been appointed senior vice president for human resources by American Electric Power Co. Inc., effective April 1, succeeding Rodney B. Plimpton, who will retire in June. Ackerman has served as vice president for human resources services and operations since 1998.

Allen Franklin president and chief executive officer of The Southern Co., has been named chairman, replacing A. W. Dahlberg who will retire.

John M. McLaughlin Jr. has been named to the new position of vice president of corporateplanning by CMS Energy Corp. He most recently was vice president of development for The Americas, Southern Hemisphere, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Judy Vandagriff, vice president for taxation with El Paso Corp., has been promoted to senior vice president for taxation.

Basil Woller has been promoted to senior vice president and general auditor by El Paso Corp. He most recently was vice president and general auditor.

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