electricity

Road work for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind farm began last year.

PacifiCorp spokesman David Eskelsen says the unit closure was based on state of Wyoming environmental requirements.

The professors discovered a way to increase the efficiency of solar cells by up to 700 percent.

Weather conditions and the nature of the repairs may extend the outage beyond 10 p.m.

“It’s a good reminder to all of us that we should have emergency supplies ready in the event of an outage any time of year,” says Oler.