{ "name": "Louisiana AI data center LPSC docket tracker", "version": "2026-10-28", "lastUpdated": "2026-10-28", "count": 6, "dockets": [ { "docket": "U-37425", "title": "Entergy Louisiana generation and transmission resources for service to a single North Louisiana customer project", "shortTitle": "Laidley LLC", "utility": "Entergy Louisiana", "customer": "Laidley LLC / Meta Platforms", "project": "Meta Hyperion, Richland Parish", "status": "Approved", "dateOpened": "2024-11-04", "datePublished": "2024-11-08", "hearingOrOrder": "Settlement approved at the August 20, 2025 LPSC Business and Executive Session; order document dated August 29, 2025.", "sourceUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32146", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocumentDetails?documentId=176967", "sourcePublishedAt": "2025-08-29", "lastVerified": "2026-08-05", "nextReviewBy": "2026-09-05", "displayState": "review-due", "ratepayerIssue": "Whether the generation, transmission, solar procurement, collateral, and contract-term structure keeps Meta-specific infrastructure costs from being shifted to existing Entergy Louisiana customers.", "plainEnglish": "This is the first Meta Hyperion power docket. It approved the initial generation and transmission package needed to serve Meta's Richland Parish campus.", "whyItMatters": "It is the canonical LPSC record for Meta Phase 1 and the source most likely to answer searches for Entergy Louisiana data center power, Meta Hyperion interconnection, and Richland Parish ratepayer protections.", "nextWatch": "Track compliance filings, cost-allocation exhibits, transmission construction updates, and any later true-up or rider filings tied to the approved settlement." }, { "docket": "U-37882", "title": "Entergy Louisiana certification of generation and transmission resources and other relief for Meta expansion", "shortTitle": "Evest LLC / Project Evest", "utility": "Entergy Louisiana", "customer": "Evest LLC / Meta Platforms", "project": "Meta Hyperion expansion, Richland Parish", "status": "Open", "dateOpened": "2026-03-26", "datePublished": "2026-03-27", "hearingOrOrder": "Open certification proceeding. On August 12, 2026, the Commission voted 3-1 to reverse the ALJ ruling that had ordered Meta to produce additional analyses; written order U-37882-A is dated September 17, 2026. On September 16, the Commission accepted an attorneys'-eyes-only confidentiality agreement and vacated the ALJ's August 6 ruling; written order U-37882-B is dated October 16, 2026. Advocacy-party releases from the Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists (represented by Earthjustice) state they filed a late-September 2026 appeal in the 19th Judicial District Court seeking reversal and reinstatement of the ALJ's July 10 partial subpoena order. An October 19, 2026 American Press report (by The Center Square) says the petition asks the court to reinstate the subpoena, halt activity on Entergy's application, reopen the evidentiary record, and expedite review before the Commission's scheduled December 16, 2026 consideration. WWL Louisiana's October 23, 2026 investigation (updated October 26) reports October 7 hearing testimony from Entergy regulatory-affairs director Ryan Jones, under cross-examination by Louisiana Energy Users Group attorney Carrie Tournillon, that other customers could face some costs if Meta exits early and that Entergy would seek rate recovery for assets still providing value. The same WWL report says Entergy's projected $4 billion in 20-year savings is \"not a guarantee\" under questioning, describes Entergy's claimed $1.9 billion immediate benefits (including $695 million storm/resilience, $140 million efficiency, and $60 million low-income support), and frames total proposed buildout costs at about $20 billion (~$13 billion plants plus ~$7 billion switching stations, batteries, and transmission). No court ruling has been reported; appeal status is pending.", "sourceUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32728", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/ViewFile?fileId=Vbiy4Se30ro%3D", "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-10-16", "lastVerified": "2026-10-28", "nextReviewBy": "2026-11-12", "displayState": "current", "ratepayerIssue": "Whether the expanded electric service agreement, collateral package, and asset end-of-term treatment make Meta pay the full cost of new generation, transmission, storage, and interconnection infrastructure.", "plainEnglish": "This is the Meta expansion docket. Entergy describes the package as seven additional gas combined-cycle plants totaling more than 5,200 MW, roughly 240 miles of 500 kV transmission, storage, nuclear uprates, and up to 2,500 MW of Meta-funded renewables. WWL Louisiana reports October 7 hearing testimony that some end-of-term or early-exit costs could still fall to other customers, and that Entergy's projected 20-year customer savings are not guaranteed under cross-examination.", "whyItMatters": "It is the main docket behind queries for Project Evest, Meta Hyperion 5GW Louisiana, and whether settlement terms leave any tail-end cost risk for ratepayers when customer-specific contracts and depreciation assumptions are tested.", "nextWatch": "Track the pending 19th Judicial District Court appeal on the Meta subpoena issue, post-hearing briefs due November 12, reply briefs due November 25, and the Commission's scheduled December 16, 2026 consideration of certification terms." }, { "docket": "U-37853", "title": "Entergy Louisiana request for approval to construct Waterford 6 Power Station and Westlake Power Station", "shortTitle": "Waterford 6 / Westlake generation", "utility": "Entergy Louisiana", "customer": "System resource / large-load growth", "project": "Waterford 6 and Westlake Power Station", "status": "Open", "dateOpened": "2026-02-24", "datePublished": "2026-02-27", "hearingOrOrder": "Open certification proceeding. An October 13, 2026 ruling granted Staff's unopposed schedule change setting pre-hearing briefs for October 23 and hearing dates for October 29 through November 2, 2026. Sierra Club filed an appearance on October 16, 2026.", "sourceUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32689", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/ViewFile?fileId=w0obZS9LzE8%3D", "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-10-13", "lastVerified": "2026-10-20", "nextReviewBy": "2026-10-29", "displayState": "current", "ratepayerIssue": "Whether the new combined-cycle generation is treated as a broad system resource, a large-load-serving resource, or some blended recovery structure.", "plainEnglish": "This docket is not a single-customer Meta docket. It covers Entergy's request to build Waterford 6 and Westlake generation resources that sit in the broader Louisiana large-load power stack.", "whyItMatters": "It is the control docket for searches about Entergy Louisiana peak power MW, Waterford 6, Westlake Power Station, and the generation side of the AI-load buildout.", "nextWatch": "Track the October 23 pre-hearing briefs, the October 29-November 2 hearing window, cost-recovery design, and any linkage between these resources and large-load customer agreements." }, { "docket": "X-37921", "title": "Repository docket for LPSC Large Load Additions Non-Binding Guidelines", "shortTitle": "Large-load non-binding guidelines", "utility": "Louisiana Public Service Commission", "customer": "All large-load customers", "project": "Large Load Additions framework", "status": "Repository", "dateOpened": "2026-05-06", "datePublished": "2026-05-08", "hearingOrOrder": "Informational repository docket, not an approval path. LPSC states that no interventions will be accepted; the public-comment window closed June 19, 2026.", "sourceUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32779", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/docs/general/Non-Binding_Guidelines_for_Potential_Large_Load_Customers.pdf", "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-05-22", "lastVerified": "2026-08-05", "nextReviewBy": "2026-09-05", "displayState": "review-due", "ratepayerIssue": "The guidelines define the questions utilities and large-load customers must answer before new load is allowed to move quickly through the regulatory process.", "plainEnglish": "This is the public repository for the LPSC's large-load guidelines. It is the framework used to evaluate expedited filings like U-37882.", "whyItMatters": "It is the control record for searches about LPSC large load guidelines, Lightning Amendment filings, non-binding guidelines, and AI data center ratepayer protection.", "nextWatch": "Track whether future LPSC orders cite the guidelines, modify them, or convert them into binding tariff or certification requirements." }, { "docket": "R-37905", "title": "Notice of proceeding regarding determination and evaluation of private-use electrical networks to enable generation serving prospective new large loads", "shortTitle": "Private-use electrical networks for new large loads", "utility": "Louisiana Public Service Commission", "customer": "Prospective large-load customers", "project": "Private-use electrical network framework", "status": "Open", "dateOpened": "2026-04-24", "datePublished": "2026-04-24", "hearingOrOrder": "Open notice proceeding. Staff filed a first report and recommendation with a first draft rule on August 14, 2026; a technical conference followed on August 28; comments were due September 25. As of October 20, 2026, no final rule has been adopted.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.lpsc.louisiana.gov/", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/ViewFile?fileId=AD8x1gtr7FA%3D", "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-08-14", "lastVerified": "2026-10-20", "nextReviewBy": "2026-11-20", "displayState": "current", "ratepayerIssue": "Whether private-use generation and network arrangements for prospective large loads remain legible to the Commission and do not shift costs, reliability exposure, or network obligations to existing utility customers.", "plainEnglish": "This is the Commission's framework proceeding on private-use electrical networks for generation serving prospective large loads. It is relevant to how new data-center load and dedicated generation may be evaluated outside a traditional utility-service path.", "whyItMatters": "It is the current LPSC framework record for large-load and ratepayer-risk questions that are not confined to a single utility certification filing.", "nextWatch": "Track whether the Commission advances a final rule after the August report, August technical conference, and September comment round, including any jurisdiction, reliability, and cost-allocation safeguards." }, { "docket": "U-38035", "title": "Cleco Power LLC application for approval of electric service arrangements, related generation, and transmission support for Applied Digital", "shortTitle": "Cleco / Applied Digital service package", "utility": "Cleco Power LLC", "customer": "Applied Digital", "project": "Applied Digital data-center campus, Rapides Parish", "status": "Open", "dateOpened": "2026-07-01", "datePublished": "2026-07-01", "hearingOrOrder": "Open certification proceeding. Cleco's filing seeks approval of an electric service agreement, a capacity contract with Tenaska through May 31, 2037, and related generation and grid-connection support. On September 16, 2026, the Commission unanimously set consideration no later than the March 2027 Business and Executive Session, with an October 15 written order directing the ALJ to compile the record without recommendation and setting hearing dates for January 26-27, 2027.", "sourceUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/ViewFile?fileId=%2FBCQNjQtyTw%3D", "primaryDocumentUrl": "https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/ViewFile?fileId=Zgad4DThgUA%3D", "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-10-15", "lastVerified": "2026-10-20", "nextReviewBy": "2027-01-26", "displayState": "current", "ratepayerIssue": "Whether the Cleco/Applied Digital service structure, proposed generation support, and long-term capacity contract keep dedicated large-load costs and end-of-term risk from shifting to existing customers.", "plainEnglish": "This is the Cleco docket for the Applied Digital Rapides Parish package. The filing describes an expected roughly 430 MW project by 2028 and asks the Commission to approve customer-specific service and supply arrangements.", "whyItMatters": "It is the first major Cleco-side data-center power control docket in the tracker and a key source for Central Louisiana large-load cost-allocation and reliability questions.", "nextWatch": "Track the January 26-27, 2027 hearing, subsequent ALJ record compilation, and Commission consideration no later than the March 2027 meeting." } ] }