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| Included are the daily clippings for March 9, 2026. |
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| Electric Utility News
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| The Tennessee Journal |
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/ Paywall
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| EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a special State Affairs series highlighting energy policy dominating state legislative action this year. When Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI began... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| The Tennessean +1 other publication
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| Nashville failed to invest in physical infrastructure before the storm. NES failed to invest in leadership infrastructure. Both failures became catastrophic when crisis hit. Brittany N. Cole Guest Columnist... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| Kentucky Utilities (KU) has installed 2K+ automated reclosers across the state at $50K each, with 2K more planned by 2030 LEX18 Think of them like high-tech circuit breakers. If a tree limb brushes a line,... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| ...solar capacity doubled, costs fell by ~24%. Predictably. Repeatedly. Without exception. In 2009, utility-scale solar cost $378/MWh. Today, it's $24. That's a 94% collapse in 15 years — making solar the... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| WMC 5 Memphis |
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| MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Entergy, the utility company, has announced $5 billion in customer savings across the Mid-South. On Friday, Entergy announced approximately $5 billion in total savings for 2.3 million... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a special State Affairs series highlighting energy policy dominating state legislative action this year. States are casting a wide net in their efforts to meet a surging... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |
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| ...John Zola stands in an apple tree grove on his property on a spot where he says the local electric utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt line across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. The snow-covered... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| Elizabethton Star |
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| Legacy Utility Group Acquires ECS to Expand Hydrovac Services Across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas 983 Reserve Drive, United States - March 8, 2026 Legacy Utility Group Roseville, CA - Legacy Utility Group... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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Utilities have more fire science than they can act on. The gap isn't information — it's operational intelligence. Every major utility operating in the western United States now carries wildfire as a top-tier... |
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03/07/2026 Online
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Nashville Electric Service officials spoke at the March 3 La Vergne Board of Mayor & Aldermen meeting after La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole had written a letter to NES President Teresa Broyles-Aplin, regarding... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| First Energy, the Ohio utility that was at the heart of one of the worst political scandals in Ohio history, including a $60 million bribery scheme, now wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)... |
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03/05/2026 Online
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Nashville Electric Service has approved a $1 million donation to help customers struggling to pay electric bills after this year's winter storm. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The funds will go to NeedLink... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| The utility industry is entering a construction boom unlike anything seen in decades. From electrification and load growth to wildfire mitigation and resilience investments, utilities across the country... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| US electricity generation hit an all-time record in 2025—4.43 TWh, up 2.8% from 2024—breaking a nearly two-decade pattern of flat generation. EIA Retail sales rose across every sector: Residential increased... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| Politics & Government
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| EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a special State Affairs series highlighting energy policy dominating state legislative action this year. When Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI began... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| ...R-Franklin, have introduced legislation they say will ensure fair representation for customers of municipally owned electric utilities. As amended, House Bill 2418 / Senate Bill 2593, requires all city-owned... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| ...(George Walker IV/AP Photo file) Every building on Nashville’s Capitol Hill — the Cordell Hull legislative offices, the Tennessee Supreme Court chamber, and of course the Capitol itself — was alive with... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| Johnson City Press |
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| ...the notable items that will be covered are the first reading of an ordinance amending the town's municipal code for data processing centers and cryptocurrency mining, as well as the first reading of an ordinance... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| WSMV NBC 4 Nashville |
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| ...running for governor. Speculation came after he was listed on the list of candidates that could replace Gov. Bill Lee along with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and U.S. Rep. John Rose. He was added to the list sometime... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| By Reuters | March 8, 2026, at 8:35 a.m. Trump Says Will Not Sign Other Legislation Until Voter Act Bill Is Passed by Congress U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a round table on collegiate sports... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| Press Escape to close the menu. Democrats' flip of a utility regulator race provides an affordability-messaging playbook that could reverberate across the country. Homemade signs tout the candidacy of... |
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03/08/2026 Online
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| ...Gov. Spanberger asks Americans if President Trump is working for them Gov. Abigail Spanberger met General Assembly budget negotiators for breakfast on Friday, but showed little appetite for the economic... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| The bill's sponsors are launching Pot4Potholes.com to share more information about the legislation. Author: Jeremiah Hall Published: 3:44 PM CST March 6, 2026 Updated: 3:44 PM CST March 6, 2026 MEMPHIS,... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| ...centers come onto the grid by requiring hyperscalers and tech companies to provide their own on site energy and pay for necessary infrastructure upgrades to the grid. "It’s going to have a tremendous impact... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| The federal funding originally required fiber installation, but the Trump administration changed requirements to allow less expensive technologies A $218 million federal grant will deliver broadband... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| ...a lineman in Harlan County earlier this week. Cottongim was electrocuted Tuesday while installing fiber cable from a bucket truck. He had started the job only a few weeks earlier. Cousin Martin "Payton"... |
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03/07/2026 Online
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| The Tennessean |
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| ...peaceful protest at a Nashville store, saying consumers may cut the cord with AT&T until the telecommunications giant cuts the cord on its government contracts. Dozens of faith leaders and community members... |
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03/07/2026 Online
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| Weakley and Henry counties are joining 72 other counties across the state will finally get broadband to all 95 Tennessee counties. In a news release Governor Bill Lee approved federal funding totaling... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| ...online privacy act passed the Senate. Photo of Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., at Benton Institute for Broadband and Society’s Telecom Act at 30 event on March 5, 2026, by Kelcie Lee. WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| Water and Natural Gas Utility News
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| ...electricity to power the surge in data centers is projected to be so great that even if states and utilities put more clean power on the grid, emission-heavy power sources such as coal and natural gas likely... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a special State Affairs series highlighting energy policy dominating state legislative action this year. When Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI began... |
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03/09/2026 Online
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| Gallatin Public Utilities officials emphasized that this was not a rate increase. Published: Mar. 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM CST|Updated: seconds ago Share on X (formerly Twitter) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Gallatin... |
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| ...litigation on the hazard index and the strong opposition filed by AWWA and AMWA, who argue that utilities need unified judicial review to plan for compliance. The episode also explores the Supreme Court’s... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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| Minnesota adopted an ambitious timeline to replace all lead water pipes in the state Minnesota Has Goal of Replacing Lead Lines by 2033. More Funding Is Needed to Keep It on Track FILE - A lead pipe is... |
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03/06/2026 Online
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