This week’s rolling blackouts and high energy prices were a reminder, said Sterling’s city manager, why the city keeps its 100-year-old municipal power plant operating. While now just a “peaking plant” that usually runs less than a dozen days each summer, its operators worked 24/7 for four days during this week’s power demand crisis. That guaranteed the lights stayed on for residents and businesses in the city of 2,500,…
Source: Hutchinson News.
