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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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Dave Jeronimus has been named senior vice president for environmental services by Minnesota Power Co. He joined Minnesota Power in 1974 as an assistant engineer and was promoted to positions of increasing responsibility, including vice president for environmental services in 1999.

John E. Schneider has been named chief financial officer of Semco Energy Inc., replacing Sebastian Coppola, who left the company Oct. 19. Schneider had been chief operating officer of Semco Energy Gas Co., the Michigan division of its natural gas distribution utility, since February of last year.

Douglas Whisenant has been named president and chief executive officer of the interstate natural gas pipeline division of The Williams Companies Inc. Until recently, he was senior vice president and general manager of Williams' Salt Lake City-based Kern River and Northwest Pipeline.

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