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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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Seminole Electric Coop Files to Construct New Coal Plant

LCG, March 15, 2006--Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Seminole) filed last week with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) for a Certificate of Need to construct a 750-MW, coal-fired electric generating unit in Putnam County, Florida. Seminole also filed with Florida's Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) a Site Certification Application for the unit on March 9.

Seminole's proposal is to add a third, coal-fired unit at its existing 1,300 MW Seminole Generating Station. The current schedule calls for commercial operations to commence on May 1, 2012. The project is estimated to cost $1.4 billion and includes investments of over $250 million to improve emission controls at the existing coal units.

Seminole states that the new capacity is needed to provide reliable, economical energy supplies to its ten member systems in Florida
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