The plain-English control page for Louisiana Public Service Commission dockets tied to AI data center load, Entergy generation, transmission, customer agreements, ratepayer protection, and the LPSC permitting layer behind Louisiana data center power.
Start here: the docket trail decides who pays.
Announced data-center load is only useful after the LPSC record shows the utility package, customer agreement, tariff treatment, hearing posture, order status, and ratepayer-protection terms. This page keeps those filings connected to the project pages.
Source status comes from the LPSC public docket details pages and linked official filings. Open dockets are not treated as approved until the LPSC posts an order or certification decision.
The Louisiana data center LPSC docket trail has four LouisianAI control records: U-37425 for approved Meta Hyperion Phase 1 service, U-37882 for the open Meta expansion / Project Evest filing, U-37853 for Entergy's Waterford 6 and Westlake generation request, and X-37921 for large-load guidelines.
Entergy Louisiana data center power is governed through the LPSC docket trail. U-37425 approved the first Meta Hyperion package; U-37882 seeks certification for more than 5,200 MW of additional generation plus 500 kV transmission, storage, nuclear uprates, and renewables; U-37853 is the broader Waterford 6 / Westlake generation filing.
Entergy Louisiana data center load is the large-load demand tied to Meta Hyperion, later Meta expansion filings, and broader Louisiana industrial growth. The control records are U-37425 for Meta Phase 1, U-37882 for the Meta expansion package, U-37853 for Waterford 6 / Westlake generation, and the LPSC large-load guideline repository X-37921.
Louisiana data center Entergy interconnection means the regulatory and physical path for connecting large AI load to Entergy generation, substations, 500 kV transmission, customer agreements, collateral, and tariffs. For Meta Hyperion, U-37425 and U-37882 are the public controls for what can energize, who pays, and when the load can be served.
Hut 8 River Bend Louisiana data center power is an Entergy-served West Feliciana Parish question centered on the River Bend project profile, Entergy service, the public 245 MW anchor lease, and project/LPSC evidence for energization. It should not be confused with SWEPCO's Amazon Caddo/Bossier corridor.
SWEPCO Louisiana data center searches point to AEP SWEPCO's northwest Louisiana service territory and Amazon's $12 billion Caddo + Bossier Parish campus program. LouisianAI separates that SWEPCO/Amazon corridor from the Entergy Meta and Hut 8 docket trail.
AEP SWEPCO is the utility of record for Amazon AWS Caddo and Bossier data centers. The canonical answer path is the Amazon project profile, the Amazon operator hub, the Caddo and Bossier parish hubs, and the power topic; the LPSC docket page remains the control surface for large-load tariff and ratepayer-protection context.
Louisiana data center peak power MW is not a single published IT-load number. The source-backed public proxy is the docketed utility build: U-37425 for Meta Phase 1, U-37882 for more than 5,200 MW of expansion generation and transmission, U-37853 for Waterford 6 and Westlake, plus project-level MW rows on LouisianAI.
Louisiana data center permits combine parish zoning or site approval, LDEQ air and water permits where applicable, LPSC utility filings for power and tariffs, and federal reviews only when triggered. The LPSC page is the control surface for power permits and ratepayer terms; parish and LDEQ records control site and environmental status.
Louisiana data center power demand is a multi-gigawatt large-load issue controlled through the LPSC docket trail. U-37425 covers the approved first Meta Hyperion package; U-37882 covers the open Meta expansion package tied to more than 5,200 MW of additional generation and 500 kV transmission; U-37853 covers Waterford 6 and Westlake generation; and X-37921 is the large-load guideline repository.
The four LouisianAI control dockets are U-37425 for Meta Hyperion Phase 1, U-37882 for Meta Hyperion Phase 2 / Project Evest, U-37853 for Entergy's Waterford 6 and Westlake generation request, and X-37921 for the LPSC large-load guidelines repository.
Meta Hyperion appears in U-37425 for Phase 1 and U-37882 for the expansion also described as Evest LLC or Project Evest. U-37425 has an approved settlement; U-37882 remained open in the LPSC docket details page as of May 15, 2026.
The dockets are the public control surface for that question. They show the utility's proposed customer agreement, cost recovery, collateral, contract term, and intervenor positions, but some customer-specific MW and agreement terms can be redacted.
Source status is pulled from filing pages. Open dockets are not treated as approved until the LPSC posts an order or certification decision.
| Docket | Project | Utility | Customer | Status | Hearing / order control | Ratepayer issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-37425 | Meta Phase 1 / Laidley LLC Meta Hyperion, Richland Parish | Entergy Louisiana | Laidley LLC / Meta Platforms | Approved | Settlement approved at the August 20, 2025 LPSC Business and Executive Session; order document dated August 29, 2025. | Whether the generation, transmission, solar procurement, collateral, and contract-term structure keeps Meta-specific infrastructure costs from being shifted to existing Entergy Louisiana customers. |
| U-37882 | Meta Phase 2 / Evest LLC / Project Evest Meta Hyperion expansion, Richland Parish | Entergy Louisiana | Evest LLC / Meta Platforms | Open | Open as of May 15, 2026; no final order posted in the LPSC docket details page. | 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. |
| U-37853 | Waterford 6 / Westlake generation Waterford 6 and Westlake Power Station | Entergy Louisiana | System resource / large-load growth | Open | Open as of May 15, 2026; no final certification order posted in the LPSC docket details page. | Whether the new combined-cycle generation is treated as a broad system resource, a large-load-serving resource, or some blended recovery structure. |
| X-37921 | Large-load non-binding guidelines Large Load Additions framework | Louisiana Public Service Commission | All large-load customers | Repository | Informational repository docket; LPSC states that no interventions will be accepted. | The guidelines define the questions utilities and large-load customers must answer before new load is allowed to move quickly through the regulatory process. |
This is the first Meta Hyperion power docket. It approved the initial generation and transmission package needed to serve Meta's Richland Parish campus.
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.
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.
This is the public repository for the LPSC's large-load guidelines. It is the framework used to evaluate expedited filings like U-37882.
LouisianAI uses this page to normalize docket numbers, aliases, source links, and ratepayer questions. For underwriting, cite the LPSC docket or primary document directly and treat LouisianAI as an independent index.
| Signal | Supports | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta phase 1 filing | Canonical control record for approved phase 1 generation and transmission terms. | Primary source | Open source |
| Meta phase 1 order | Decision-chain document for the phase 1 docket settlement. | Decision | Open source |
| Meta expansion filing | Open expansion docket for phase 2 load-service and utility terms. | Active filing | Open source |
| Waterford 6 / Westlake context | Reference filing for generation additions tied to large-load demand. | Context | Open source |
| LPSC large-load guidelines | Repository guidance for the non-binding large-load process. | Reference | Open source |