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While many Hoosiers chilled in their air-conditioned homes, Wabash engineers beamed brightly as new substation batteries thawed the soaring summer power demand.
As temperatures rise, so does demand. While that may sound simple, what’s happening behind the scenes is anything but. Unlike winter, when demand can spike and ease quickly, summer creates steady pressure.
One of the biggest misconceptions about the power industry is that there’s a simple right answer. In reality, there rarely is. At the heart of our work is a constant balance between reliability, cost, and risk.
When the power is working, no on thinks about it. That’s exactly how it should be.
But behind that reliability is a lot of planning, much of it done years before electricity is ever needed.