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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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Calpine Announces 336 Megawatt Colorado Plant

LCG, March 19, 2001Calpine corp. said Friday that its SkyGen Energy subsidiary would build a 336 megawatt natural gas-fueled peaking plant in Aurora, Colo., to supply power to Xcel Energy, the former Public Service Co. of Colorado, with electricity during periods of high demand.

The plant, which will employ two General Electric combustion turbines, will be located near natural gas pipelines serving the area east of Denver and will have access to existing transmission lines belonging to Xcel.

Tom Ashburn, community service manager for Xcel, said "SkyGen Energy's facility will be a crucial component in helping us meet the power needs of our customers in an economic and efficient manner."

Construction of the Colorado Energy Center is expected to begin during the summer of 2002, with commercial operation starting in 2003. The initial agreement with Xcel is for a term of ten years. Under the agreement, Xcel will have dispatch rights for all of the capacity and energy produced by the facility and will also manage the purchase and delivery of fuel used at the facility.

Calpine said it will manage construction of the project and will own and operate the facility.

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