Entergy Louisiana request for approval to construct Waterford 6 Power Station and Westlake Power Station
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.
Whether the new combined-cycle generation is treated as a broad system resource, a large-load-serving resource, or some blended recovery structure.
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.
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.
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.
Status comes from the LPSC public docket details page as of 2026-10-21. Open dockets are not treated as approved until the LPSC posts an order or certification decision.
U-37853 is "Entergy Louisiana request for approval to construct Waterford 6 Power Station and Westlake Power Station" — 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.
U-37853 is open as of 2026-10-20. 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.
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.
Whether the new combined-cycle generation is treated as a broad system resource, a large-load-serving resource, or some blended recovery structure.
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.
For underwriting or reporting, cite the LPSC docket or primary document directly and treat LouisianAI as an independent index. A suggested citation: “LPSC Docket U-37853, Waterford 6 / Westlake generation, Louisiana Public Service Commission, opened 2026-02-24; tracked at louisianai.com/lpsc-dockets/u-37853.”