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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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Shepards Flat Wind Farm in Oregon Now Fully Operational

LCG, September 27, 2012--The Shepards Flat Wind Farm is now delivering power to the grid in northeast Oregon. The project, developed by Caithness Energy, has a design capacity of 845 MW. Southern California Edison purchased the power output under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA).

The massive wind project, with a 32,000 acre footprint, operates along the Eastern Columbia Gorge in Gilliam and Morrow Counties. The project incorporates 338, 2.5-MW wind turbines provided by GE.

Project investors include Google, GE Energy, and Japan's Sumitomo Corp. In October 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) provided a $1.3 billion partial loan guarantee through the Recovery Act in 2010.
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