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U.S. Gas-Fired Plants Tune Up as Summer Heat Hits All-Time Highs

As Americans crank their air conditioners to full throttle, operators of natural gas-fired power plants are bracing for energy demand that already has broken records. Power units that supply both the power grid and individual facilities will be under plenty of pressure this summer, and while most operators already performed maintenance earlier in the year, some are preparing for outages in the coming months. Industrial Info is tracking about 100 maintenance-related projects at power plants that entirely or partly use natural gas as a resource, which are set to kick off from July through August.