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Gov. Mike Braun announced the investment this week as Indiana faces rising electricity demand from manufacturing projects, new commercial development and energy-intensive data centers. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Energy’s SPARK initiative, a program focused on upgrading existing transmission systems with newer technology. Gov. Mike Braun announced the investment this week as Indiana faces rising electricity demand from manufacturing projects, new commercial development and energy-intensive data centers. The funding comes through the U.S. Department of Energy’s SPARK initiative, a program focused on upgrading existing transmission systems with newer technology.

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Indiana targets grid bottlenecks with $175 million upgrade, lower rates for consumers

Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana’s next major power-grid expansion may happen without carving new transmission paths across farms and neighborhoods. Instead, the state is preparing...

September 26, 2026
The project also comes with a major jobs commitment. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced that Amazon will invest more than $100 million in the facility and create 300 manufacturing and engineering positions by the end of 2028, with average annual salaries approaching $100,000.

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Amazon plans $100 million Greenwood manufacturing hub with 300 high-paying jobs

Greenwood, Indiana – A 585,000-square-foot building in Greenwood is set to become something far more specialized than another distribution site. Amazon plans to turn...

September 26, 2026
Gov. Mike Braun announced Sept. 25 that the state has submitted 126 census tracts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for possible designation during the 2027-2036 Opportunity Zone cycle. The nominations span all 15 of Indiana’s economic development regions, touch all or parts of 61 cities and towns and 47 counties, and include 42 rural census tracts.

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Indiana puts 126 census tracts in line for tax-incentivized development beginning in 2027

Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana is putting a new map in front of investors, one that reaches from urban neighborhoods to rural communities and covers...

September 26, 2026
The decision centers on the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station in Wheatfield and the F.B. Culley Generating Station in Warrick County. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued emergency orders requiring Northern Indiana Public Service Company, CenterPoint Energy and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, to keep specified units at the plants available to operate. Certain units at both facilities had been scheduled to close at the end of 2025.

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Federal orders keep key Indiana coal units available as winter demand approaches

Indiana – Indiana’s power grid is heading into another winter with two coal plants that were supposed to have already begun shutting down. Instead,...

September 21, 2026