EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

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.

Read more

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.

Read more

Industry News

Newsmakers

Tucker Hart Adams, president and chief executive of Denver-based consulting firm the Adams Group, has been elected a director of Avista Labs, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. engaged in fuel cell development. She is also president of American Russian Collaborative Enterprises.

Robert F. Goff has been elected a director of Avista Labs, a subsidiary of Avista Corp. engaged in fuel cell development. He is president of R4 Energy Inc., a fuel cell industry consulting and management services company, which was formed with other members of the U.S. Fuel Cell Council.

Dennis W. Johnson has been named to the board of directors of MDU Resources Group Inc., the parent company for Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. He is chairman and chief executive of TMI Systems Design Corp., TMI Transport Corp. and TMI Storage Systems Corp. all of Dickinson, N.D.

Paul Krohn has been named by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as senior resident inspector at the Point Beach nuclear power plant in Two Rivers, Wisc. He most recently worked as a resident inspector at the LaSalle nuclear plant in Marseilles, Ill., and prior to that as a resident inspector at the Prairie Island nuclear facility in Welch, Minn.

James Moore has joined Central Vermont Public Service Co. subsidiary Catamount Energy Corp. as president and has also been named senior vice president of the parent company. He previously was president and chief executive officer of American National Power Co.

Martin White has been elected chairman of MDU Resources Group Inc., replacing John Schuchart, who is retiring. White will continue as president and chief executive of the Bismarck, N.D.-based parent of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Copyright © 2026 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service