Powering Through Outages
Electric co-ops collaborate to ensure reliable electricity serves the community
In a few years, some central Illinois businesses will pack products to travel to the airport – and they likely will arrive at their destination by train.
Beef House Restaurant owner Bob Wright regularly encounters travelers meandering off the pair of nearby four-lane highways to stop in for a bite and a break.
Electric vehicle drivers can now also fill up their automobiles at the longtime western Indiana eatery.
Now, more than ever, consumers are taking power into their own hands. Many are bridging the gap between sites of power generation by producing their own power.
For more than a decade, an Illinois community college’s wind turbine turned heads while powering the school.
A nearly completed multimillion-dollar campus renovation soon will power careers of students working on nearby wind farms – along with solar arrays, battery storage systems and advanced manufacturing jobs.