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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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Covid-19 and ERCOT SARA Scenario Analysis of RESOURCE ADEQUACY June-December 2020

LCG May 25, 2020--LCG Consulting released a report of ERCOT market performance for the second half of 2020, using market simulations with LCG’s UPLAN Network Power Model. Resource adequacy analysis for the region is critical during extreme summer loading conditions as the reserves have tightened because of recent retirements. On top of this, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the society’s response to it, are continuing to cause observed impacts to the power system and market. The UPLAN uses the generation resources from Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) and the load forecasts based on Moody’s Analytics.

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