Innovative Power Supply Approaches to Meet Load Growth

Explore what joint action agencies are doing to keep up with the growth in a wise, prudent manner. Learn how other joint action agencies are deploying strategies such as acquiring old units, upgrading existing generation, delaying coal plant retirements and building new generation.
January 12, 2026
storage
Energy Storage
Ameresco recently announced the development and commercial operation of a 50-MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) project in Arizona.
data
Generation
Fermi America, which is developing a behind-the-meter artificial intelligence private grid campus with the Texas Tech University System, has secured an agreement with Energy Transfer to deliver firm natural gas supply to Fermi's HyperGrid™ campus located outside Amarillo, Texas.
cyber
Security
Officials with public power utilities recently detailed how they benefited from participating in the Liberty Eclipse Full-Scale Exercise (FSE), an annual cybersecurity preparedness exercise hosted by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER).
rodeo
Community Engagement
Sports Destination Management, the publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, recently announced the 2025 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism. Among the winners was the 2025 Public Power Lineworkers Rodeo
plant
Generation
Macquarie Asset Management announced it has provided a $450 million bilateral facility to Sandow Lakes Energy Station, supporting the construction of a 1.2-gigawatt combined cycle gas turbine asset in Lee County, Texas.