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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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Reliant Energy, Inc. has appointed Mark M. Jacobs executive vice president and chief financial officer of both Reliant Energy and Reliant Resources, Inc. Jacobs will resign from the Reliant Energy position upon the completion of the spin-off of Reliant Resources from Reliant Energy. Steve Naeve, who has served in the Reliant Enery role, will continue as vice chairman of Reliant Energy until the completion of the spin-off. Jacobs has served in an advisory position with Reliant, and has been a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co.

PSEG Energy Resources & Trading has appointed Thomas P. Weeks Director-Midwest Marketing, making him responsible for developing energy marketing opportunities for PSEG Power's gas-fired cominbed-cycle electric generating facilities under construction in the Midwest. PSEG Energy Resources & Trading is a subsidiary of PSEG Power, the independent power producer. Weeks served as Senior Structured Products Originator and Risk Manager at DTE Energy Trading. He also served at DTE's Detroit Edison Company affiliate, and held the positions of Senior Business Analyst and financial Team Leader.

Ballard Power Systems announced that Dennis Campbell will serve as president and chief operating officer effective July, 22, 2002. Campbell will also become chief executive officer on March 31, 2003, succeeding Firoz Rasul, who will become Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Campbell has 30 years of experience in diverse manufacturing enterprises, and joins Ballard from Home Care Industries, where he was president and chief executive officer. He will apply his experience to Ballard's fuel cell and related businesses in the portable, stationary and transportation power markets.
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