Louisiana Commission Opens Hearing on Entergy's $12.9 Billion Buildout for Meta Data Center
A three-day evidentiary hearing opens Oct. 7 before Louisiana regulators over a $12.9 billion power expansion Entergy Louisiana wants to build for Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Richland Parish, construction review online reported.
Entergy's plan centers on seven combined-cycle natural gas units with a combined capacity of roughly 5,278 MW, paired with three battery-storage projects and more than 250 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines.
Regulators will weigh whether to approve the generation, storage and transmission Entergy says it needs to cover the extra electricity load the campus would draw.
Much of the hearing turns on two questions the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) must resolve: how the new generation would run, and who pays for it.
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