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LPSC approves Entergy’s plan for Meta ‘s $10B data center

Project includes three natural gas plants and 500-kV transmission line

Protective conditions limit cost impacts on local ratepayers

Meta will fund $1.2B in additional interconnection upgrades

Louisiana utility regulators on Wednesday approved Entergy Louisiana ‘s plan to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to power a $10 billion Meta data center in Richland Parish .

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted to authorize the proposal in a settlement backed by commission staff, Walmart, the Sierra Club, and the Southern Renewable Energy Association. The only dissenting vote came from Commissioner Davonte Lewis.

Commissioner Foster Campbell, representing northeast Louisiana where t

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