Glendale

A supermajority of workers at an electric vehicle battery campus in Hardin County has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, asking for a union election. Employees of BlueOval SK have formally requested to vote on joining the United Auto Workers.

Some local business owners in Glendale, Kentucky are already seeing the benefit of the world's largest electric vehicle battery plant making the central Kentucky town its home, while others are worried about Glendale keeping its small-town identity.

With lights out in many offices and millions of people plugging in at home, residential power bills are soaring, even as overall electricity consumption slumps during the recession.