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SPP Receives FERC Approval to be First RTO Operating in Both Eastern and Western Interconnections

LCG, March 205, 2025--The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced it will soon be the first regional transmission organization (RTO) in the nation to provide full services in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the U.S. power grid. On March 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Southwest Power Pool’s amended tariff that includes provisions that enable Western members to join the RTO. The expansion of the SPP RTO is scheduled to go live April 1, 2026.

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RWE and Meta Announced New PPA for 200-MW Waterloo Solar Project

LCG, March 18, 2025--RWE and Meta today announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for offtake from RWE's 200-MW Waterloo Solar Project, which is located in Bastrop County, Texas. Under the agreement, Meta will purchase 100% of the output from the solar facility, which will support Meta's goal of matching its electricity needs with 100 percent clean energy. The project is scheduled to commence onsite construction in late 2025.

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Robert E. Busch, senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer of Public Service Electric & Gas. Co., has been given the additional role of president and chief operating officer of PSEG Services Corp. Both firms are units of utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group.

Mitch Davidson has been appointed senior vice president for origination for the eastern United States by the Duke Energy North America unit of Duke Energy Corp.

Bonnie G. Hill has been appointed a non-executive director of National Grid Group Plc, effective upon the company's acquisition of Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc. of which she is currently a director. Dr. Hill is president and chief executive The Times Mirror Foundation and a senior vice president of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Marcus Jackson has been appointed president and chief executive of Semco Energy Inc., a natural gas company serving customers in Alaska and Michigan. Jackson, most recently an executive vice president of Kansas City Power & Light Co., is already a member of Semco's board.

Lawrence C. Nussdorf has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. He is president and chief operating officer of Clark Enterprises Inc., and vice president and treasurer of The Clark Construction Group Inc.

Pauline A. Schneider has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. She is a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams.

David Wiggs has been named interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, replacing S. David Freeman who has accepted an as-yet-to-be-defined energy position in the administration of California Gov. Gray Davis. Wiggs is best known as the former head of El Paso Electric Corp. In that role he had the dubious distinction of becoming only the second utility executive since the Great Depression to lead a company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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