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Industry and IBEW News

IBEW Works with Navajo Nation to Connect 13,000 Homes

https://opvp.navajo-nsn.gov/260326-connecting-13000-homes-on-the-navajo-nation/

opvp.navajo-nsn.gov: Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, and IBEW are coordinating to bring electricity to 13,000 homes across a 27,000 square mile tribal area, with IBEW sending electricians annually through the Light Up Navajo initiative while advocating for federal funding to sustain the effort.

Solar Cells do the Quote, Impossible with 130% Breakthrough

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260328024517.htm

sciencedaily.com: Researchers at Kyushu University used a spin flip metal complex to harness singlet fission, producing roughly 1.3 energy carriers per photon absorbed and achieving a 130 percent quantum yield, a result that could point toward next generation solar cells capable of capturing far more sunlight than current technology allows.

The AFLCIO Working People's Weekly List

https://aflcio.org/2026/3/23/were-excited-about-whats-ahead-working-people-weekly-list

aflcio.org: The March 23 edition of the AFL-CIO Working People Weekly List rounds up top labor news including approximately 200 South Jersey healthcare workers voting to unionize and Harvard custodians ratifying a new four year contract after months of bargaining.

CT Officials Celebrate Powering of Revolution Wind

https://www.nenc.news/2026-03-26/ct-officials-celebrate-powering-of-revolution-wind-offshore-wind-farm-that-faced-legal-challenges

nenc.news: Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials gathered at New London State Pier to celebrate Revolution Wind, a 704 megawatt offshore wind farm that came online after surviving multiple Trump administration stop work orders. The project is more than 90 percent complete and will eventually power 350,000 homes across Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Construction Industry Group Meets with CT Congressional Delegation On Fed Infrastructure Bill

https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/construction-industry-group-meets-with-ct-congressional-delegation-about-federal-infrastructure-bill/

hartfordbusiness.com: Members of the Connecticut congressional delegation joined the Connecticut Construction Industries Association in Wallingford to discuss reauthorizing the federal infrastructure bill, now five years after its original passage. Priorities raised included efficient project delivery, workforce development, and a funding target of at least $630 billion for highways, transit, and rail systems.