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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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Dominion Virginia Acquires Calpine Interest in Plant

LCG, August 4, 2003--Calpine has arranged to sell its 50 percent interest in the Gordonsville power plant to Dominion Virginia, which currently purchases power from the plant under a long-term contract.

The deal was considered necessary by Calpine to improve its liquidity. It will realize a cash payment of $31.5 million, part of which is a $5.5 million return of debt-service reserve from the project.

The deal will need to be granted regulatory approval before being finalized. According to Calpine's spokeswoman Katherine Potter, Dominion Virginia, a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc., plans to pay off $44 million of non-recourse debt connected with the project that it would assume as part of the sale.
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