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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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Scott Forbes has been promoted to senior vice president, chief financial and accounting officer at Texas-New Mexico Power Company. Forbes joined Texas-New Mexico in 1996, and was most recently vice president, chief accounting and information officer. He also held accounting positions at Entergy Services.

Douglas Hobbs becomes senior vice president, chief operations officer of Texas-New Mexico Power Company, where he was most recently vice president-transmission and distribution. Hobbs, a registered professional engineer, was a power plant manager for TXU Electric, and a project manager with an energy consulting firm.

Texas-New Mexico Power Company has also named Joe Hegwood assistant controller. Hegwood will move to this position from his role as director of accounting, and previously director of finance.

CMS Energy has named Tom Webb chief financial officer, succeeding Alan Wright, who is moving to a new company.

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