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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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Construction Begins on Enel's 300-MW Rock Creek Wind Project in Missouri

LCG, October 19, 2016--Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (EGPNA) recently announced that it has started construction of the Rock Creek Wind Farm in Atchison County, Missouri. The project will have an installed electric generating capacity of 300 MW, and it is estimated that it will generate 1,250 GWh annually. The project is owned by EGPNA subsidiary Rock Creek Wind Project, LLC.

Enel will be investing approximately $500 million in the project, which is scheduled to be in service by the end of 2017. The energy and renewable energy credits generated by the facility will be sold under two separate bundled, long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (GMO).

The Head of the North America Area for the Enel Group's Global Renewable Energies Division, Enel Green Power stated, "The start of construction of yet another wind project in the U.S. further solidifies our strong investment and growth in the U.S. market. Enel is thrilled to be contributing to Missouri's growing wind economy and we look forward to building, owning and operating a wind project that will be a catalyst for creating jobs and delivering significant economic benefits to the local community."

EGPNA now operates in the U.S. and Canada a total installed capacity of over 2.5 GW, of which 2,090 MW comes from wind, 316 MW from hydro, 72 MW from geothermal and 29 MW from solar.
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