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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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Entergy Announces Agreement to Sell Gas-fired Power Plant in New England

LCG, October 9, 2015-Entergy Corp. yesterday announced that its wholesale generation division, Entergy Wholesale Commodities, has entered into an agreement to sell its 583-MW Rhode Island State Energy Center to Carlyle Power Partners. The base sales price is approximately $490 million, subject to closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this year.

The Rhode Island State Energy Center (RISEC) is a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle electric generating facility located about five miles from Providence, Rhode Island. Entergy Wholesale Commodities purchased the plant from NextEra Energy Resources, LLC for $346 million in December 2011. The facility entered commercial service in 2002.

Entergy Chairman and CEO stated, "Our strategy for EWC is focused on being disciplined about reducing risk and freeing up financial resources for other opportunities. RISEC has been a very good investment for us, and its sale is consistent with that strategy."
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