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Planning and preparation are in full swing at the Exira Station as engineers with Missouri River Energy Services and plant staff gear up for one of the facility’s most significant maintenance efforts in recent years, MRES reported on Aug. 3.
Washington State's Chelan PUD has ended a public safety power shutoff watch that was issued for the greater Chelan and Manson areas.
Hourly peak load in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the regional transmission organization serving most of Texas, reached a record 91.1 gigawatts on July 22, 2026, according to data reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration for its Hourly Electric Grid Monitor.
The City of Lucas, Kansas, is planning significant upgrades to its electric distribution system to accommodate the continued expansion of its largest industrial customer, Great Plains Manufacturing, KPP Energy reported.
A total of 36 GW of new data center capacity was added to the U.S. pipeline in Q1 2026, down 19% from Q4 2025 additions, as established developers shift attention to their existing project pipelines amid a more challenging development and regulatory environment, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.
Texas public power utility CPS Energy is expanding access to solar power for thousands of customers through its Community Solar Program, selecting Big Sun Solar to build and operate up to 50 megawatts of new solar generation, marking another milestone in the utility’s Sustainable Tomorrow Energy Plan.
The Southwest Power Pool is extending a Conservative Operations Advisory for the West Balancing Authority Area (BAA) through an anticipated end time of Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 12 a.m. CT.
In 2020, after South Carolina’s Rock Hill Utilities implemented texting, the public power utility saw speedy results. The utility's operations include water, electric and sanitation.