Hitachi's $528M Mississippi transformer plant is scheduled to build 10 to 160 MVA units from 2029, per a Hitachi SVP, and replaces an existing plant.
DOE 2029 transformer efficiency requirements are uneven by kVA and phase. Single-phase and three-phase units take their biggest cuts in opposite ranges.
The Illuminating Company cut outage time 98% before either new transformer was energized. What a distribution transformer replacement really buys, and what it does not.
Executive Order 14421 bars some foreign grid equipment transactions. Its bulk-power definition excludes local distribution. What is actually in scope.
Or equal specification language decides whether you get three bids or one. What a performance spec has to state, and the review process that keeps equal honest.
Sunrun's distributed data center pilot puts compute nodes behind residential meters. The company says commercialization is 2027 or 2028. The planning question is nearer.
GE Vernova signed 18 GW of slot reservations against 2 GW of orders last quarter. What the equipment production slot reservation means for utility buyers.
IONATE and GM are collaborating to deploy hybrid transformer units at a Michigan plant. A qualification framework for new transformer suppliers.
DOE reopened the distribution transformer efficiency standards on national security grounds. The comment record says repeal is not the risk. The date is.
A DOE-funded federal lab report puts transformer bushing lead times at up to 130 weeks, longer than the tank they bolt into. The spec clause that shortens them.
ComEd delivered 345 kV wind-interconnection substations four months early. What its transmission substation procurement reveals about beating the backlog.
Gas turbine scarcity just canceled a $2B PJM plant. With OEMs sold out to 2029, turbine backlogs are now a leading indicator for distribution equipment lead times.