The situation
Your starting point
The fourth Legacy generation inherits a utility shaped by sixty years of earlier choices. Demand rises during your term as more electricity use puts the existing fleet to work.
A featured checkpoint asks for spare capacity relative to the opening peak. Meeting it means thinking ahead: a plant commissioned after the checkpoint will not help, however useful it becomes later.
The choices
What will you do?
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Build ahead of the busiest hours
Watch the supply outlook as demand grows. Capacity that barely met the opening load may have little margin left when the checkpoint arrives.
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Keep expansion affordable
Balance the cost of extra reserve with the campaign's customer-bill and debt objectives. Readiness is part of the service your utility sells.
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Prepare another handover
Choose equipment with the next term in mind. New plants will age into your successor's fleet rather than disappear when your term ends.
Put your plan to the test
Continue the campaign and build a company with room for the next wave of electricity demand.
Open the campaign setup to begin, or continue your existing company. Later generations inherit the choices you made before them.
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Affordable Growth (1922–1941)
The company has grown. Now keep electricity affordable as more people depend on it.
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The Power You Don't Build (1962–1981)
The oil shocks are coming. Help homes and businesses use less electricity, and find out what that saves your utility.
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Data Center Boom
The data centers arrive in 2026. Their power needs are much bigger than your small city utility, and residents still need affordable electricity.
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