Saturday - September 13, 2025
State Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Wednesday August 27, 2025 ( 4 items )  

ACC Discusses How Storms Impacted Arizona's Electricity Grid and How Utilities Responded
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2025: * * * ACC Discusses How Storms Impacted Arizona's Electricity Grid and How Utilities Responded During the Arizona Corporation Commission's Natural Gas Infrastructure and Storage Workshop, the state's two largest electric utilities reported losing almost 1,600 MW of utility scale solar energy generation as the skies darkened during the height of Monday's storms. Arizona Public   more

As hurricane season peaks, Rice experts spotlight overlooked Houston flood risks beyond FEMA maps
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 26 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * As hurricane season peaks, Rice experts spotlight overlooked Houston flood risks beyond FEMA maps * Heavy rain overwhelms local drainage, creating yard-level flooding that official maps don't always capture. As we look back on Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, Rice University experts say much of the region's flood risk still sits outside federally mapped zones. The perspective draws on published research in Po  more

TNT Sports to Kick Off First Week of Big 12 Football with Arizona Wildcats Hosting Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, Saturday, Aug. 30, at 10:30 p.m. ET, on TNT, truTV & HBO Max
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TNT Sports to Kick Off First Week of Big 12 Football with Arizona Wildcats Hosting Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, Saturday, Aug. 30, at 10:30 p.m. ET, on TNT, truTV & HBO Max * TNT Sports will kick off its inaugural year of Big 12 football -- part of an exclusive slate of Big 12 games throughout the entire season -- with the Arizona Wildcats hosting the Hawa  more

University of Arizona: Growing Baby Planet Photographed for First Time in a Ring of Darkness
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A growing baby planet photographed for first time in a ring of darkness By Daniel Stolte A team of astronomers has detected for the first time a growing planet outside our solar system, embedded in a cleared gap of a multi-ringed disk of dust and gas. The team, led by University of Arizona astronomer Laird Close and Richelle van Capelleveen, an astronomy graduate student at Leiden Observa  more