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Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) recorded a regulator decision on ↓ Approval for Entergy Louisiana to build three combined-cycle gas plants and transmission tied to Meta's Richland Parish data center
The Louisiana Public Service Commission decided at its Business and Executive Session of 20 August 2025, in Order U-37425 dated 29 August 2025 and effective immediately, on Entergy Louisiana’s application for generation and transmission resources to serve a single customer in North Louisiana. Entergy stated on 20 August 2025 that the approval allows it to build three combined-cycle combustion turbine plants tied to Meta’s Richland Parish data centre, two there expected online in late 2028 and one at Waterford by the end of 2029. Copy claim link
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Date 2025-08-20 · announcement Stated dates (targets and terms, not events) target operation: late 2028; two plants; target operation: by end; Waterford plant (2029) Scope and limits Dated by the regulator’s own record (cross-family check, item 40): the decision of 20 August 2025, with the written order of 29 August 2025, effective immediately. The order names the customer’s project, not Meta; Meta is named in Entergy’s release. The cross-family check reads the order as treating the new generation as system resources, not capacity allocated to Meta alone. Plant capacities are not stated in the release, and Entergy’s statement that Meta pays its share of the costs is not a record of the cost terms. The approval also covers transmission and up to 1,500 MW of solar procurement.
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Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Paraphrase The LPSC has approved an agreement that lets Entergy Louisiana proceed with infrastructure investments tied to Meta's new data center in Richland Parish.
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The paraphrase is Selekoa’s, written from the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28; it is not a quotation and was not machine-matched. The cross-family check found it faithful. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Source excerpt “The agreement allows Entergy Louisiana to construct three new modern and efficient combined cycle combustion turbine generation facilities.” Location in source paragraph beginning “The agreement allows Entergy Louisiana to…”
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (18 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Source excerpt “Two of the facilities will be located in Richland Parish and are expected to come online in late 2028.” Location in source paragraph beginning “The agreement allows Entergy Louisiana to…”
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (19 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Source excerpt “with an expected operational date by the end of 2029” Location in source paragraph beginning “The agreement allows Entergy Louisiana to…”
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (10 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Source excerpt “Meta is paying its share of the costs for the infrastructure needed to support its operations” Location in source paragraph beginning ““Today’s decision by the Commission is…”
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (16 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Context only
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability ↗ Entergy · 2025-08-20
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Paraphrase the Commission also authorised Entergy Louisiana to procure up to 1,500 megawatts of solar resources; the release's subheading refers to new generation and transmission projects.
Location in source paragraph beginning “As part of the approval…”
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Source details and check notes Authors Entergy Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 d94e873f0612b759fd334109eadf31ca96df09ab6fa063e445394264a3d93651). entergy.com news release as served on 2026-10-28; 'Posted: Aug 20, 2025'. The Louisiana Public Service Commission order itself was not retrieved. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 c3e1bc74789b3c029b85d8b37911317e52eb32c2d11abfabd81a52770a5579e5). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta’s data center and improve reliability”, 2025-08-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The paraphrase is Selekoa’s, written from the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28; it is not a quotation and was not machine-matched. The cross-family check found it faithful. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 40) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Order Number U-37425, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte ↗ Louisiana Public Service Commission · 2025-08-29
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Source excerpt “Decided at the August 20, 2025 Business and Executive Session.” Location in source Order U-37425, PDF p. 1
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Source details and check notes Authors Louisiana Public Service Commission Version Scanned order retrieved directly at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 9185ef7e4130785574b53f0a0cff7216390428399d2aaac0265eebb7da838aaf); the cross-family check read it in an Internet Archive capture of 21 February 2026 after the portal refused it. The text layer is from a scan and repeats words in places. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-30 Language English (en) Attribution Louisiana Public Service Commission, “Order Number U-37425, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte”, 2025-08-29. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Added at the admission of the compute, power and orbit pack (research/compute-power-orbit). The regulator’s own record (cross-family check, item 40). The quotation (10 words) matched a direct retrieval of 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 9185ef7e4130785574b53f0a0cff7216390428399d2aaac0265eebb7da838aaf). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
Order Number U-37425, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte ↗ Louisiana Public Service Commission · 2025-08-29
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Paraphrase The order states that it is effective immediately and is dated at Baton Rouge on 29 August 2025.
Location in source Order U-37425, PDF p. 8, signature block
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Source details and check notes Authors Louisiana Public Service Commission Version Scanned order retrieved directly at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 9185ef7e4130785574b53f0a0cff7216390428399d2aaac0265eebb7da838aaf); the cross-family check read it in an Internet Archive capture of 21 February 2026 after the portal refused it. The text layer is from a scan and repeats words in places. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-30 Language English (en) Attribution Louisiana Public Service Commission, “Order Number U-37425, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte”, 2025-08-29. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Added at the admission of the compute, power and orbit pack (research/compute-power-orbit). The written order’s date and effect, given by paraphrase because the scanned text layer repeats words. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; it is not a quotation and was not machine-matched. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. A regulator’s decision, dated by the regulator’s own record where it was retrieved and otherwise by the statement that reports it, which the record names. The decision covers only what its record states.
Date. Date of the decision as Order U-37425 states it (“Decided at the August 20, 2025 Business and Executive Session”); the written order is dated 29 August 2025 and effective immediately. Entergy’s release is dated 20 August 2025.
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