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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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El Paso Says No "Round-Trip" Trades

LCG, May 20, 2002-Energy trader El Paso denied using the "round-trip" Enron memo trading strategy.

When memos were released relating Enron to electricity trading strategies designed to manipulate the California market, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered over a hundred energy companies to state whether they participated in any of twelve strategies.

Today El Paso Corporation, a natural gas pipeline and energy trading company, said that it did not participate in the "round-trip" trades, which involve selling electricity and then buying it back at the same price with the intent of increasing trading volumes.

Meanwhile corporations such as CMS Energy are facing multiple shareholder lawsuits after admitting to such trading practices. Reliant Resources also admitted to using "round-trip" trading, and Dynegy Inc. is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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