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2025 Top Utilities: Making the Connections
5 Sep 2025
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Look at forecast power demand from the growing queue of data centers, megaplants and other major facility investment projects. Then load in the AI prompt “Construct a power generation and transmission system for our new plant, negotiate agreements, submit our project to all permitting and incentives programs, and build relationships with the community,” sit back and watch the wonders unfold.
What? Nothing’s happening?
The need to make things happen is why the role of the utility economic developer has never been more front and center.
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