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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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Arizona Merchant Plant Construction Underway

LCG, Jan. 23, 2002--The Mesquite generating station is the second largest merchant plant now being built in Arizona.

Sempra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, is developing the plant, which is expected to have the first block of its overall capacity online by the middle of 2003. The combined-cycle plant will consist of two combustion turbines and a steam turbine, and is expected to produce at maximum output by early 2004. Each of the two blocks will be rated at 625 megawatts.

The Mesquite plant is located in southwestern Arizona, near Arlington. The other, largest merchant power plant being built in the state is the Gila River plant, which should be rated at 2,300 megawatts.
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