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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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Leroy T. Barnes Jr. has joined PG&E Corp. as vice president andtreasurer. He most recently was vice president and treasurer of Gap Inc.

Claude H. Duss has been elected president and chief executive of IdaTech, the fuel cell subsidiary of Idacorp Inc., the holding company parent of Idaho Power Co. He succeeds Alan Guggenheim, one of the IdaTech's three founders. Duss most recently was a vice president of Honeywell Europe.

Leslie H. Duncan has joined natural gas company Atmos Energy Corp. as vice president and chief information officer. Before joining Atmos, he occupied the same position with Jo-Ann Stores Inc.

James J. Hoecker, immediate past chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has been elected a director of Allegheny Energy Inc. He is also is a partner in the Washington, D.C.-New York City law firm of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP.

Thomas E. Legro has been named to the newly created position of vice president and chief accounting officer by PG&E National Energy Group Inc. He most recently vice president and controller with Edison Mission Energy.

Michael O'Sullivan has been appointed senior vice president for development of independent power producer FPL Energy LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group Inc. He joins FPL from AES Great Plains Inc., where he was a vice president.

Glen W. Overton has joined Kansas City Power & Light Co. as director of governmental affairs and community relations. He has served since 1993 as the regional administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration's Heartland Region.

Julio Reyes has been named Texas state president of American Electric Power Co. Inc., filling a vacancy created when Alphonso Jackson became Deputy Secretary of Housing andUrban Development in the Bush administration. Reyes previously was community service manager and coordinator in McAllen for the Rio Grande Valley at AEP's Central Power & Light Co. subsidiary.

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