To address the urgent challenges posed by the rapid growth of large, power-dense loads, particularly artificial intelligence data centers and crypto mining operations, the University of Texas at Austin recently convened a “Large Load Symposium.”

The Oregon Department of Energy recently released a draft Oregon Energy Strategy for public comment.

Mason County PUD No. 3 recently provided an update on its Belfair electrical upgrade project to increase resiliency, reliability, and capacity for North Mason, Washington, customers.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality State Energy Office is investing $5 million in permanent and mobile microgrids that will provide accessible power in the wake of future weather disasters, it said on Aug. 12.

Hope Utilities on Aug. 14 announced an agreement to construct a natural gas pipeline to supply a fuel cell project being developed by American Electric Power to power a data center in central Ohio.

Minnesota public power utility Rochester Public Utilities, with full support from the RPU Board, has engaged GreatBlue Research to conduct a customer survey aimed at guiding key decisions that will shape the future of local utility services.