POWER PROVISION: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
We asked utility economic developers how they are balancing growth and supply when meeting large-load power needs. They answered.
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2026 TOP UTILITIES: Feeling the Surge
The energy providers whose economic development divisions excelled in 2025 at attracting investment and jobs to their service areas are showcased.
Demand and Response: How Utilities Are Answering the Call for Large-Load Power Supply
Site Selection’s annual survey asked utility economic development leaders how they are responding to the rising demand for large-load power supply.
2025 Top Utilities: Making the Connections
Look at forecast power demand from the growing queue of data centers, megaplants and other major facility investment projects.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS: Building the Nuclear Backbone Of the U.S. Economy
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming are betting that nuclear energy will define the next era of industrial competitiveness.
ATLANTIC CANADA: Prince Edward Island Touts New District Energy System
A new district energy system is underway in Prince Edward Island.
OFFSHORE WIND: Dominating International Breezeways
The global wind energy industry set new installation records in 2024 despite economic and policy challenges.
MISSISSIPPI’S ENERGY PROFILE: Mississippi’s Power Infrastructure Gives State A Competitive Edge
From natural gas to nuclear power, the Mississippi energy equation gives the state a competitive edge.
SILICON RANCH: How Communities Win In the Solar Farm Arena
Running a state’s economic development office — or the state itself — affords those officeholders valuable opportunities to hear what’s on the minds of company executives looking to invest capital in new facilities.
INVESTMENT PROFILE: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY: THE WAY FORWARD
Nuclear energy is back. The more than 10 million people in seven states served by the Tennessee Valley Authority know this better than most.
OFFSHORE WIND: Dominating International Breezeways
The global wind energy industry set new installation records in 2024 despite economic and policy challenges.
NEW ENGLAND: The Ties That Bind
If you heard Hydro-Quebec is no longer exporting power to New England, listen up: Here are the facts about the region’s present and future power scenario.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST: POWER PLAY
Hydroelectricity helps deliver the EV revolution to central Washington.
Top Utilities 2024: Power Provision Is Just the Beginning
Based on corporate end-user facility investments in their territories, these are this year’s top utilities in economic development. An online-only bonus story features their direct answers to a big question from us and their customers: “Amid a glut of heavy-load industrial projects, how is your team working with operations and external stakeholders to address power provision?”
Top Utilities Provide Exclusive Insights Into the Pressing Need for More Power
Power provision is vying with workforce as the most pressing issue for industrial companies nationwide amid a glut of major industrial facility projects (data centers, semiconductor fabs, EV/battery supply chain, etc.). How is your utility’s economic development team working with operations and external stakeholders to address these concerns?
The Power is in the Pipeline
How a manufacturer of mobile transformers sources talent in central Virginia.
This Year’s Top Utilities Know When to Move and How Fast
Utilities are making the power generation, transmission and innovation investments for the transition to clean energy...
Interconnection Brings Central Arizona Economy to Life
For SRP, the concept supports sustainability and prosperity all at once.
The World Finds A Home in San Bernardino County
How one Southern California county became a magnet for FDI.
There for You Come Rain or Shine
When you see utilities in the news, it’s usually because their operations personnel are fanning out across their territories...
Power-Packed Lineup
Mississippi Power, Cooperative Energy, TVA And Entergy Mississippi Keep Businesses on The Move.
Atlanta’s Mother of All Water Projects
How the city got ahead of a potential emergency and ensured clean water for a century.
Seeing Nebraska From a New Perspective
Gov. Ricketts serves as chief architect of a Heartland business expansion boom.
The Power of Change
How a member-led utility in Indiana is reaching out to the future.