When heavy snow and frigid cold blanketed the University of Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind., in late January, two civil engineering and architecture majors saw the inclement conditions as an opportunity.
State disputes claimed regional power supply gap—saying the barely functional early 1970s plant, now ordered to operate through June 14, awaits a planned $600M conversion to natural gas—while legal action also is likely for aging Colorado plant ordered to operate.