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It was a notice from an energy company seeking a state air permit to build a power plant.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The risk of dwindling electricity supplies has caused a spike in the price utilities pay power plant owners to operate on standby during times of extreme demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Though each home’s energy generation is capped at a relatively paltry 800 watts, their sum total across the country equates to a large power plant, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The waste currently cooled in water pools at an interim storage site, at the nearby Olkiluoto power plant next to the Baltic Sea, will be first to be deposited, Bordarier said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Marjorie and Mazie Curtis lived in a small cabin built near the power plant, just below the towering dam.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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