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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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Manitoba Hydro Proceeds with 300-MW Wind Farm

LCG, November 25, 2008--Manitoba Hydro yesterday announced that it has executed an agreement with Babcock & Brown for the 300-MW wind farm in Canada, near St. Joseph in southern Manitoba. The proposed St. Joseph Wind Energy Project is still subject to regulatory approvals and a power purchase agreement (PPA) whereby Manitoba Hydro will purchase the power from Babcock & Brown.

The St. Joseph Wind Energy Project will include 130 wind turbines. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009, and power is to be delivered to the grid as early as 2011. The project developer is BowArk Energy.

In 2007 Manitoba Hydro issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 300-MW wind projects and received 84 proposals. In April of this year, the St. Joseph Wind Energy Project was selected From a short-list of ten projects.
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