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SPP and Member Utilities Successfully Achieve Western Expansion Milestone

LCG, April 2, 2026--Southwest Power Pool (SPP) today announced that the expansion of its service territory into the Western Interconnection has been a success. The milestone makes SPP the first regional transmission organization (RTO) with services spanning the Eastern and Western Interconnections. Its member organizations, which cover all or part of 17 states, can now benefit from a more operationally and geographically diverse integrated system.

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Holtec Achieves Milestone towards Restarting Palisades Nuclear Facility and Advances Plans to Build Two SMRs at Palisades Site

LCG, March 31, 2026--Holtec International yesterday announced that it successfully completed a milestone test necessary to return Holtec's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station to service. The 805-MW pressurized water reactor (PWR) is located in Michigan and was shut down by Entergy in May 2022. Holtec acquired the facility in June 2022 and has pursued a path to return the plant to service.

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Ann Curtis has been promoted to vice chairman of Calpine Corporation. Curtis, who has been in the power industry for over 20 years, founded Calpine Corporation, and led its initial public offering, the largest IPO in the independent power industry at that time.

Robert D. Kelly has been promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Calpine Corporation. Kelly succeeds Ann Curtis in that role. Kelly will continue as president of Calpine Finance Company. Before joining Calpine in 1990, Kelly was marketing manager of Westinghouse Credit Corporation, starting the Energy Finance Division's Western Region.

Calpine Corporation has promoted Eric N. Pryor to the dual positions of deputy chief financial officer and chief risk officer for Calpine Corporation. Pyror joined Calpine in 1995 as a senior analyst, and was recently senior vice president of finance.

The board of the Ohio Electric Utility Institute (OEUI) announced that it has elected Greg Ficke as a director and vice chairman of OEUI, the non-profit state trade association representing investor-owned electric companies in Ohio. Fice is president of the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, a subsidiary of Cinergy Corp.

Jane F. Kelly has been elected assistant corporate secretary and assistant counsel for South Jersey Industries and corporate secretary for South Jersey Energy. Kelly has served as the executive director of the New Jersey Utilities Association and assistant counsel to former Governor Thomas Kean.

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