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Tarentum Council approved agreements with Potomac Energy Center and Bright Mountain Solar to secure electricity capacity and manage rising costs. The 15-year deal with Potomac reserves 600 kilowatt hours from its plant in Virginia, while Bright Mountain provides 1.5 megawatt hours over 25 years from Kentucky.

This represents about 10% of Tarentum's annual power needs of 32,000 megawatt hours. Capacity prices have escalated from $28 to $325 per megawatt hour, prompting proactive measures to avoid future increases. These agreements aim to stabilize costs amid market volatility influenced by rising demand, especially from data centers.