Bowling Green adopts new restrictions for potential data centers
Bowling Green commissioners approved rules requiring proposed data centers to maintain 1,500-foot separations from schools, institutions and homes.
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Bozeman building-fee update takes effect amid $28.8M construction plan
Bozeman’s building-fee update is effective Aug. 1 as the city carries out a 14-project, $28.8 million transportation and utility construction program.
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Augusta Advances Proposed Rules for Future Data Centers
Augusta is reviewing its first comprehensive data-center ordinance, with proposed rules for zoning, noise, utilities, emergency access, stormwater and compliance.
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Fayetteville sets Aug. 10 hearing on data-center ordinance
Fayetteville City Council is set to hear a draft data-center ordinance Aug. 10 and could vote, amid debate over utility and environmental impacts.
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Corona Seeks Design Firm for Grand Quadrant Waterline Replacement
Corona is seeking an engineering consultant for a possible downtown waterline replacement covering about 15,000 linear feet in the southeast quadrant; the RSVP deadline for a mandatory pre-proposal meeting is August 5, 2026.
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FERC gives NERC until December to write grid rules for AI loads
FERC ordered NERC to propose reliability standards for AI and other computational loads by December 31, but no nationwide data-center mandate starts yet.
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Tampa Water Customers Remain Under Once-a-Week Irrigation Rules
Tampa properties remain under once-a-week watering rules through October 1, 2026, while regional water supplies remain strained by drought.
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Bethlehem considers new zoning rules for data centers
Bethlehem is considering rules that would require case-by-case review, extensive infrastructure and environmental studies, and wide setbacks for proposed data centers.
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Universal City begins five-year transition to Frontier Waste Solutions for trash and recycling
Frontier Waste Solutions began serving Universal City on Monday, August 3, replacing Waste Management under an exclusive city contract. Residents are adjusting to new carts, collection schedules and rules for trash, recycling, brush, bulk items and household hazardous waste.
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Wauchula Seeks Bids for $8.2 Million Southwest Water-Tower and Main-Line Project
Wauchula solicited bids for a 150,000-gallon elevated tank and about 25,000 feet of new water mains in the southwest area. The city lists an estimated cost of $8,212,789, but the reviewed records do not establish a contractor award or construction start.
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Hawaii utility seeks renewable power and storage while keeping firm-generation options open
Hawaiian Electric has proposed a three-island procurement for renewable energy, storage and firm capacity while seeking a separate Oahu process for up to 500 megawatts of fuel-flexible generation. The PUC has not approved projects, fuels or customer costs.
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Gastonia’s new utility meter rollout is underway. What customers should expect
Gastonia is replacing older water and electric meters with advanced metering infrastructure during a 12-month rollout. Here is what customers should expect, including possible brief service interruptions, billing changes and a warning about payment scams.
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ERCOT begins group review of large power projects in Texas
Texas is grouping data centers and other large electricity users into a new grid review as ERCOT prepares August classifications and longer-term transmission planning.
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Sun City West APS Customers Get New 95-Degree Protection Against Residential Shutoffs
A proposed APS settlement adds a 95-degree forecast safeguard for eligible residential customers in Sun City West, while overdue balances, ongoing charges and reconnection requirements remain.
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El Paso City Council approves first data-center policy framework
El Paso approved a policy framework for future hyperscale data centers, recommending special permits, public review, resource disclosures and developer-cost protections while leaving implementation to later council action.
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Palm Bay Solid-Waste and Stormwater Customers Move to Monthly Billing
Palm Bay customers previously billed quarterly for Republic Services solid waste and stormwater should check for monthly statements, new payment timing and listed processing fees.
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Issaquah’s West Sunset Way landslide project enters partial-closure phase
West Sunset Way returned to flagger-controlled partial closures on August 1 as Issaquah continues a landslide and utility improvement project scheduled through September 30, 2026.
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Akron water plant valve project reaches bidding deadline
Bids are due Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m. for valve, actuator and piping work involving all six high-service pumps at Akron’s Water Supply Plant.
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Savannah plans a preliminary $142.4 million water-and-sewer bond sale
Savannah anticipates selling about $142.4 million in water-and-sewer revenue bonds on August 13 as a five-year utility plan projects higher bills for customers.
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Glendale Begins 3,500-Location Water-Meter Replacement Pilot
Glendale’s summer 2026 pilot will replace about 3,500 mechanical water meters with electronic cellular meters designed to provide more detailed usage information and leak alerts.
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Muscle Shoals water report shows PFAS detections as utility begins state-funded treatment study
Muscle Shoals Utilities Board’s 2026 report lists 2025 PFOS at 17.0 parts per trillion and PFOA at 9.8 parts per trillion. ADEM has made $370,000 available for a proposed pilot study, while permanent treatment, costs and possible rate effects remain undecided.
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Weimar approves $23,395 tank repair contract following reported TCEQ violation
Weimar City Council unanimously approved a $23,395 bid from STW Consultants LLC to repair and repaint a 200,000-gallon ground-storage tank at Water Plant No. 3. The project was reported as following a February 2026 TCEQ-related violation, but the city has not reported the work as completed.
