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Ames city staff presented seven initial action steps toward implementing the city’s Climate Action Plan to the council Tuesday, based on the plan’s foundational “six big moves” which are the end goals of the plan that the city must now decide how and if they want to achieve them. Mayor John Haila concluded the discussion...

The heat wave last week caused record-breaking electricity usage on Tuesday. As the temps climbed even higher, Ames residents helped curb the demand.

The Ames City Council voted 5-0 to accept the Climate Action Plan (CAP), which is not a commitment to do everything in the plan, as the city prepares to bring implementation steps before the council.  Ames City Manager Steve Schainker said the council had the desire for certain climate goals and they now have to...

Ames utility will briefly cycle Prime Time Power customers off central air conditioning during a "peak alert." It asks everyone to reduce energy use.

Updated: 3:55 PM CST December 16, 2020 AMES, Iowa — The City of Ames says that approximately three dozen homes will be a part of a planned power outage on Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon. Ames Electric Services will facilitate the removal of trees encroaching on power lines. According to a press release from the city, the power outage will affect neighbors on the east side of Yuma Avenue and the west side of Arizona Avenue from Ross Road to Phoenix Street. Arizona Avenue from Ros...