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America’s Electric Grid Delivered Record-Breaking Output as Heat Dome Blanketed the Nation

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U.S. weekly electric output topped 100,000 GWh for the first time in history, underscoring the value of sustained investment in the grid

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. electric output hit an all-time high last week, surpassing 100,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) for the first time ever, according to new data released today by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). Output for the week of June 28-July 4, 2026, reached 100,996 GWh, breaking the previous record of 99,445 GWh set nearly four years ago (July 17-23, 2022). In the past 12 months, U.S. electric output totaled 4,346,875 GWh — up 2.3 percent from the previous year.

The record 100,996 GWh is roughly 22 percent above the average U.S. weekly generation level. That’s nearly twice the amount of electricity New York City uses in an entire year, delivered by America’s grid in just seven days.

The record was set as a punishing heat dome pushed triple-digit temperatures and heat indices as high as 115°F across much of the central and eastern United States, placing more than 200 million Americans under extreme heat alerts and driving air-conditioning use to seasonal highs.

Across the country, electric companies including Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, and FirstEnergy took proactive steps to prepare for the heat. They worked around the clock to keep the lights on and quickly restore power after storm-related outages, keeping power flowing to families, businesses, hospitals, and Fourth of July celebrations.

“Hitting 100,000 gigawatt-hours in a single week for the first time in history is a milestone — and a preview of what the grid of the future must be built to handle,” said EEI President and CEO Drew Maloney. “Meeting surging demand and ensuring the grid can withstand severe weather will require continued investment in America’s energy infrastructure.”

Last week’s record output is a direct result of sustained investment in a modern, interconnected grid — a high-value national asset that supports the U.S. economy, national security, and modern life, according to a report from Concentric Energy Advisors. A new independent analysis from the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure also shows that blunt caps on return on equity (ROE) could undermine the capital attraction needed to finance the grid investment customers depend on as electricity demand continues to climb.

America’s electric companies are projected to invest $239 billion this year alone, and $1.4 trillion through 2030, in stronger transmission lines, advanced grid-enhancing technologies, new generation, and modernized distribution systems — the very investments that allowed the grid to meet record-breaking demand during last week’s heat dome and enabled electric companies to quickly restore service where storms caused outages.

The following table summarizes electric output by region for the week that ended July 4, 2026, along with output for the trailing 52-week period. Level figures are in GWh:

Region

Weekly Output
(GWh)

Weekly Y/Y %

52-Week Output
(GWh)

52-Week Y/Y %

U.S. Total (Lower 48)

100,996

7.73 %

4,346,875

2.33 %

New England

2,842

15.48 %

115,567

1.33 %

Mid-Atlantic

10,657

11.34 %

419,216

0.63 %

Central Industrial

17,027

11.00 %

685,153

3.43 %

West Central

8,437

5.18 %

349,667

2.94 %

Southeast

24,827

9.76 %

1,066,304

1.62 %

South Central

22,482

11.69 %

954,861

3.91 %

Rocky Mountain

6,329

-7.99 %

310,723

0.98 %

Pacific Northwest

2,847

-2.94 %

164,582

1.47 %

Pacific Southwest

5,548

-4.22 %

280,801

1.35 %

NOTE: Data excludes Alaska and Hawaii

EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide safe, reliable electricity for nearly 250 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Collectively, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States and drives economic growth and prosperity. EEI also includes hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.

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Assemblywoman Tennille R. McCoy to Host E-Bike Demonstration and Education Day at New Jersey State House

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Velotric Invited as Demonstrator to Give Lawmakers, Administration Officials and Law Enforcement a Firsthand Look at Electric Bicycle Technology

TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Assemblywoman Tennille R. McCoy will host an E-Bike Demonstration and Education Day on October 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the New Jersey State House in Trenton. Assemblywoman McCoy has invited Velotric, an electric bicycle manufacturer and distributor, to serve as the demonstrator for the day.

Assemblywoman McCoy, who represents New Jersey’s 14th Legislative District, plans to provide policymakers and public officials with a firsthand opportunity to better understand the different types and classes of electric bicycles, how they operate, and the differences in speed, power, pedal-assist and throttle capabilities among various models.

Velotric representatives will demonstrate the bicycles, explain their capabilities and limitations, answer questions and discuss the distinctions between traditional low-speed electric bicycles and higher-powered electric vehicles that may appear similar but operate very differently.

Attendees will also have an opportunity to test ride e-bikes in a controlled setting, providing lawmakers and other participants with direct experience with the technology.

The event comes as New Jersey continues to implement and evaluate its laws governing electric bicycles. The goal of the demonstration is to provide lawmakers, law enforcement, government officials and the public with practical information that can help inform discussions surrounding e-bike safety, enforcement and regulation.

Assemblywoman McCoy has expressed interest in providing fellow lawmakers and other stakeholders with an opportunity to learn more about electric bicycles firsthand and better understand the distinctions among the different types of vehicles currently being discussed in state policy.

Velotric will provide participants with a clearer understanding of which vehicles fall within traditional e-bike classifications, how those bicycles are commonly used, and how they differ from faster and more powerful electric vehicles such as e-motos.

The E-Bike Demonstration and Education Day will take place Thursday, October 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the New Jersey State House in Trenton.

Additional information regarding participating officials and demonstration activities will be announced prior to the event.

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303-909-0530
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ITG’s Storyteq named a Gartner® Leader in DAM on the back of advanced approach to AI

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LONDON, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Inspired Thinking Group (ITG)’s Storyteq marketing platform has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Asset Management for the third year in a row.

Storyteq’s sustained recognition follows the rapid enterprise adoption of its advanced Halo Intelligence® capabilities, with the platform recommending the best and most relevant marketing assets for every target audience and scenario.

Another popular Storyteq innovation is AgentConsole™, enabling brands to unify and control every AI agent in a single, robustly governed system. With AgentConsole™, organizations can rapidly deploy AI agents within a governed environment, enabling powerful content operations and orchestrating end-to-end workflows at scale.

“The reason Storyteq is outstripping legacy platforms is down to how we treat artificial intelligence,” says Andrew Swinand, ITG CEO. “While many companies approach AI as a series of disconnected features, we have engineered a completely unified, agentic content operating system. Storyteq makes AI part of how work gets done every day.

“I believe this is reflected in once again being named a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader in the highly competitive DAM space, and the credit goes to our teams for their outstanding work and unwavering commitment to innovation.”

Through AgentConsole™, Storyteq deploys coordinated, brand-safe teams of agents that handle everything from compliance checking and workflow orchestration to real-time visual verification of brand guidelines.

And when combined with Halo Intelligence, the platform actively tells the marketer which assets are working, why they are working, and how to dynamically adapt them to drive immediate ROI across every channel.

“We are not just building a DAM to help people create and find content faster,” adds Swinand, “We are delivering an open, AI-agnostic infrastructure that governs the entire content lifecycle.”

Earlier this year, Storyteq was also recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Content Marketing Platforms (CMP), positioned higher than any other platform on the Ability to Execute axis. It was the fourth consecutive year that Storyteq was placed as a CMP Leader.

Both Storyteq DAM and Storyteq CMP are built on the same core architecture, so organizations who license both enjoy a seamless single-platform experience that unifies governance and creative activity from upstream strategy and workflows to asset management and deployment.

According to ITG Chief Strategy Officer John Kirk, “Governance remains a blocker for organizations implementing AI solutions. Legacy platforms simply cannot contain the risk, but Storyteq is designed to act as a central coordinator, instantly checking every automated action against locked brand rules while tracking the entire asset history in a secure, unalterable log.

“We are giving global enterprises the infrastructure to scale content automation rapidly without losing brand or regulatory control.”

A core Storyteq capability remains its endless configurability and scalability, enabling it to offer worldwide enterprise support by meeting the unique needs of every business, no matter how many users, brands, and markets it has.

Developed to connect and work seamlessly with adjacent platforms, Storyteq DAM unifies all global enterprise activity and corporate data into a single source of truth.

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Preseem Launches Amplify AI, Starting With a Support Assistant That Names the Fault on Every ISP Support Call

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New product makes every support rep as effective as the best one by grounding AI guidance in real subscriber experience data.

WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Preseem today launched Support Assistant, an AI assistant that gives regional Internet Service Provider (ISP) support teams a full network investigation on every call. By the time the subscriber has explained the problem, the rep knows whether it is the network, the CPE, or the Wi-Fi. It’s the first in Preseem’s new Amplify AI family of assistants.

“Support Assistant consistently runs the same thorough investigation your best rep would, every time, no matter who picks up.”

Great customer support is a regional ISP’s best way to stand out, but reps are often slowed down by scattered systems, siloed technical knowledge, and hard-to-reach data. Subscribers wait on hold, and simple issues get escalated. The problem is not lack of effort; it’s lack of clear information.

That gap is expensive. Beyond the frustration that drives churn, every unclear call risks an unnecessary escalation to senior staff, a truck roll sent just in case, or a hand-off to overflow support that often returns the ticket the next day.

Preseem’s Support Assistant closes the gap by improving subscriber experience while reducing support costs.

How It Works

Support Assistant determines whether the problem is on the subscriber’s end or the network’s, whether the issue is isolated to that subscriber or shared across a network segment, and what the subscriber’s quality of experience (QoE) has looked like over the preceding days and weeks. That context reaches the rep in everyday language, in seconds.

Support Assistant streamlines the entire support operation by reducing resolution times and cutting unnecessary escalations and dispatches ‘just in case’. As a result, new reps can contribute on day one without complex technical training. With the technical answer handled, the person on the call can spend it being patient, explaining clearly, and making the subscriber feel the ISP cares. That is the part of the call no software can do, and the part a subscriber remembers.

Key Capabilities of Support Assistant:

No manual data gathering: Once a rep enters the subscriber’s details, Support Assistant runs the full investigation automatically.Isolated vs. widespread fault detection: Identifies whether a subscriber’s issue is unique to them or shared across a network segment, enabling accurate and efficient escalation decisions.Consistent rep performance: Every rep, senior or new, delivers the same quality of investigation because the Support Assistant does the diagnostic reasoning, not the individual.Plain-language QoE context: Complex metrics, such as capacity-constrained APs, plan speed ceilings, and subscriber health trends, are translated into clear, actionable guidance.Accelerated onboarding: New hires no longer need months of multi-vendor training to handle calls confidently. Support Assistant supplies the technical knowledge; the rep supplies the communication.

“Reps shouldn’t have to piece together answers from disconnected systems while a subscriber waits. Support Assistant consistently runs the same thorough investigation your best rep would, every time, no matter who picks up.”— Dan Siemon, CEO, Preseem

Support Assistant draws on the subscriber experience data Preseem measures continuously across vendors and access technologies, connected to the ISP’s billing and CRM systems. It knows what the subscriber is actually experiencing when the call starts, not just what they report.

Support Assistant is available now for existing Preseem customers. ISPs interested in a demonstration can request one at preseem.com/amplify-ai/.

About Preseem

Preseem gives regional ISPs the visibility and intelligence to identify subscribers with poor experience, reduce operational costs, and move from reactive to proactive network operations—across all vendors and access technologies—in a single platform. For more information, visit preseem.com.

Media Contact

Angie Zettler, Preseem, 1 8337737336, angie@preseem.com, www.preseem.com

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