Joshua Loyd

Jul 28, 2024 | news-gazette.com | Joshua Loyd |Tom Kacich

Labor unions and pro-Israel groups are among the biggest funders of U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski’s re-election campaign, which recently reported having almost $2.1 million on hand. By contrast, her Republican opponent, Joshua Loyd of Virden, said he had just $2,883 as of June 30. Budzinski, a first-term Democrat whose 13th Congressional District snakes from the eastern St. Louis suburbs through Springfield to Champaign-Urbana, has already developed a nationwide fundraising base.

Sep 8, 2023 | utilityanalytics.com | Michael Cote |Michael Coté |Joshua Loyd

A lot of factors are part of a well-planned community development: where the schools will be located, how many homes will be built, the exact number of Starbucks required to give residents their caffeine fix and more. But many cities and states are having to now take into account a new factor: the rate of electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Electric utilities are in the midst of planning for long-term effects of rising EV usage and how the increased load will affect the grid.

Sep 8, 2023 | utilityanalytics.com | Michael Cote |Michael Coté |Joshua Loyd

A lot of factors are part of a well-planned community development: where the schools will be located, how many homes will be built, the exact number of Starbucks required to give residents their caffeine fix and more. But many cities and states are having to now take into account a new factor: the rate of electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Electric utilities are in the midst of planning for long-term effects of rising EV usage and how the increased load will affect the grid.