Council endorses Excelsior Wellness Development agreement with proposed water transmission main location amendment.

CCSA argued adding available rated-capacity data to detailed pre-application reports would help developers avoid infeasible sites and clean the interconnection queue; utilities cautioned line-section data requires costly manual engineering or IT upgrades and proposed removing line-section granularity.

The presenter noted that utilities such as Alabama Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority have said customers won't bear the brunt of data center costs, but that residents in other states report rising power bills as data centers proliferate.

Central Pines Regional Council staff told Morrisville officials that hyperscale data centers can require more than 100 megawatts and up to 1,000,000+ gallons of water per day; the council asked staff to review how the model ordinance will align with Morrisville's UDO and special-use-permit process.

A UNM/NMSU study for Los Alamos County finds most households are open to switching from natural gas but primarily value appliance efficiency and bill savings; electrical-panel upgrade costs and a solar 'rebound' that raises total electricity use are key planning challenges for the utility.

Federal Mandate Forces Coal Plants to Remain Operational, Disrupting Utility Plans Months before federal officials ordered one of Indiana’s aging coal plants to remain operational, the utility that owns it requested permission to shut it down. In a letter sent in February to the U.S. Department of Energy, CenterPoint Energy described its Culley Unit 2

Members warned that electric capacity on the airport's east side is tapped out, water is feasible but unfunded, and sewer would be prohibitively expensive, prompting a recommendation to plan for utility infrastructure before further hangar development.

The board approved multiple infrastructure items: a geotechnical amendment for Atlas Park design, a contract with Musco Sports for field lighting (combined parks contract ~ $1.15M), hydraulic modeling services with Goodwin Mills & Caywood and a design task order for a roadway extension.

Vic Carpenter told residents Brookfield Management’s due diligence with Santee Cooper could lead to purchase of existing nuclear plants and large downstream investment; Fairfield County is planning workforce training, utility mapping and a new industrial park to capture opportunity.

At an Anchorage briefing hosted by Rep. Kai Holland, the Rail Belt Reliability Council said it has 14 proposed reliability standards before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and expects a preferred integrated resource plan portfolio in the fourth quarter of this year, with a final filing to the RCA planned for 2027.

An ESIG report highlights why traditional approaches to long-term load and DER forecasting need to evolve to support the modern grid.

During the March 24 session the Assembly adopted ceremonial resolutions, welcomed cultural and student delegations, and passed bills on modernizing gambling self‑exclusion, mobile betting invoices, a prop‑bet task force, utility emergency planning and time‑limited FOIL exemptions.

The Arizona Senate on April 15 approved a slate of House bills covering traffic enforcement, education, school finance, special education access, data-center reporting and other measures; transcript records committee recommendations and third-reading outcomes for multiple bills.