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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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MidAmerican Begins Constructing 790 MW Advanced Coal Plant

LCG, September 9, 2003MidAmerican Energy Companyannounced that it has begun construction of thebiggest coal-fired plant in Iowa.

According to the company, the plant will usesupercritical boilers to form very hot steam underhigher-than-normal pressures. This adaptation, alongwith dry scrubbers and catalyst technologies, willallow for much cleaner power production thantraditional coal-fired plants.

The 790-megawatt plant will cost roughly $1.2billion and will be constructed at Council BluffsEnergy Center, which already has a generating capacityof 820 megawatts.

MidAmerican Energy Company serves 681,000customers in the Midwest and is based in Des Moines,Iowa.

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