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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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Enel Orders Turbines for Kansas Project

LCG, January 3, 2007--Enel North America has ordered 56 wind turbine units for the Smoky Hills Wind Farm in Kansas. Vesta, which made the announcement yesterday, will manufacture the 1.8-MW turbines and plans to deliver, install and commission the equipment in the third quarter of 2007.

The Smoky Hills Wind Farm will be constructed about 25 miles west of Salina, Kansas. The project will be completed in phases, with the initial, 100-MW phase targeted for completion by the end of this year. The planned electric generating capacity of the entire project is 250 MW.

The wind farm is being developed by TradeWind Energy, LLC, which formed a joint development agreement with Enel North America in September of 2006. On December 14, 2006, Sunflower Electric Power Corp., wholesale power supplier, announced its agreement to purchase 50.4 MW of wind energy from TradeWind's Smoky Hills Wind Farm.


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