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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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Pepco-Conectiv Merger Gets FERC Approval

LCG, Sept. 28, 2001--Potomac Electric Power Co. and Conectiv said yesterday they have received approval of their proposed merger from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, calling the green light "a significant milestone on the path to completing the combination of the two utilities."

Pepco also announced that regulators in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, and the District of Columbia have now established schedules for reviewing the merger which are consistent with the companies' plans to complete the merger in the first quarter of 2002.

The companies said the merger will create the largest electricity delivery company in the Mid-Atlantic states with the largest transmission network serving the regional power grid. The new company will serve 1.8 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia.

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department cleared the merger in August. Shareholders of both companies approved the merger in July.

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