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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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Calpine Adjusts Earnings Statements for Last Three Years

LCG, March 4, 2003San Jose-based Calpine Corporation restated its earnings results for 2000, 2001, and 2002 after changing accountants.

2000 earnings were lowered from $373 million to $369 million. 2001 earnings were lowered from $648 million to $623 million, and 2002 earnings were reduced from $142 million to $119 million.

Calpine does not see any major impact from the changes but has also asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to review two power contracts beginning in 2000 to determine if proper accounting was used.

Last March Calpine switched auditors, dismissing Arthur Andersen LLP for Deloitte & Touche LLP.

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