The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded $7.9 million for business-park utilities in Redding, California, and $3.2 million for roadway improvements in Renville County, Minnesota, with both projects explicitly intended to support local manufacturing, jobs, and private investment.
Imperial Irrigation District's El Centro Generating Station selected ROTEC systems to recover cooling-tower wastewater for onsite reuse and reduce discharge.
Louisiana Economic Development finalized more than $4.5 million in FastSites investments for a heavy-load hardstand at the Central Louisiana Regional Port and added warehouse capacity at the Natchitoches Parish Port. The work supports manufacturing, logistics, fabrication, storage, and industrial recruitment.
The U.S. Department of Energy issued a Federal Power Act Section 202(c) emergency order authorizing Duke Energy Carolinas to dispatch specified resources and, as a last resort, direct backup generation to operate during elevated grid stress. The order covered North and South Carolina through September 21.
Fleet Readiness Center East opened a more than 700,000-square-foot aircraft repair complex at North Carolina's Global TransPark, adding depot-level capacity for C-130 and HH-60W military aircraft and roughly 400 projected skilled jobs.