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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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Hog Bayou Energy Center Online in Mobile, Alabama

LCG, Feb. 11, 2002--Following startup and testing procedures, the Hog Bayou Energy Center, in Mobile, Ala., began operations today.

Owners Calpine Corporation and InterGen, a Boston energy firm, say the 245-megawatt power plant is the first of Calpine's plants to go online in the Southeast.

Calpine has three projects now under construction in other parts of the state. Two of those are the Decatur Energy Center, 794 megawatts, and the Morgan Energy Center, 790 megawatts, both of which are in Decatur. The Hillabee Energy Center, on which work continues in Tallapoosa County, will be rated at 770 megawatts.
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