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The Electric Power Supply Chain

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There are large variations by state with Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky power dominated by coal, but South Dakota takes the crown for renewable power from wind, while Washington, New York, Vermont, and California are the leaders with carbon free power mostly due to hydro and/or nuclear.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

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Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington.

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Flatbed Demand Surges in Oregon and South Dakota

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South Dakota has also been a hot state for flatbeds lately, with lots of loads originating in the Rapid City market. The Pacific Northwest continues to offer high load-to-truck ratios for flatbeds, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of September 20-26. As a national average, flatbed load availability rose 1.3%

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19-23, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Just when you though the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate was a settled matter, legislators in South Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee and Idaho are still fighting the battle. Four States Push Back on ELD Mandate.

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Halloween 2021 Predictions

Enterra Insights

” Zone 3 – Southeast (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida): “Scary forecast: expect it to turn stormy.”

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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Same-day delivery is not currently available in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and delivery of orders containing alcohol is currently limited to select stores in Illinois and Florida.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. In Nebraska, snow followed by rain led to “historic flooding” that shut down traffic on I-80.