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May 3, 2026 4 min read

GE Vernova Completes Prolec GE: What Buyers Should Change

GE Vernova completed its Prolec GE acquisition on Feb. 2, 2026. What the Q1 2026 filing shows, and why bid lists should now count corporate parents.

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May 3, 2026 7 min read

MISO's Anti-PJM Auction: 141 GW Cleared, Prices Halved, and the Solar Surge That Did It

MISO's 2026-27 Planning Resource Auction cleared at $116-126/MW-day annualized, roughly half last year's $212-217 range. Solar accreditation jumped 59% and 5.6 GW of new accredited capacity entered the market. The signal for distribution equipment buyers in the 15-state footprint is the opposite of PJM.

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April 29, 2026 8 min read

IEEE PES T&D 2026: A Muni and Co-op Procurement Field Guide

What ComEd, Hubbell, and the IEEE PES T&D 2026 vendor floor are telegraphing about the spec language municipal utilities and cooperatives will see in 2027 and 2028 procurement orders.

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April 27, 2026 4 min read

SF6-Free Switchgear: Match the Rule, Rating and Replacement Design

Separate dated switchgear orders from current availability. Check EU restrictions, exact voltage and fault ratings, gas composition and replacement engineering.

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April 8, 2026 6 min read

One Big Beautiful Bill: Utility Equipment Demand Shifts

The OBBBA rolls back $500B in clean energy credits and imposes FEOC sourcing rules. Here is the two-phase impact on utility equipment procurement.

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April 6, 2026 3 min read

Steel or Composite? The Transmission Conductor Debate Is Missing the Right Cost Metric

A T&D World analysis argues utilities overpay for composite conductors. The per-foot numbers back that up. The per-amp numbers tell the opposite story. Here is what procurement teams should actually be measuring.

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April 6, 2026 11 min read

10 Questions Every Utility Should Ask Suppliers About the New Section 232 Tariff Rules

The April 2026 Section 232 tariff restructuring changed how duties are calculated on grid equipment, but the 15% rate covers far fewer products than trade press reported. Most distribution transformers and switchgear actually face 25%. Here are ten questions your procurement team should bring to every supplier meeting.

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April 5, 2026 13 min read

Section 232 Grid Equipment Tariffs: Who Actually Gets 15%

The reduced Section 232 rate reported as covering grid equipment reaches two transformer classifications and no switchgear. Distribution transformers and switchgear are at 25% on full customs value. The annex-by-annex read and the corrected cost math.

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April 1, 2026 5 min read

The Affordability Crisis Is a Distribution Equipment Story

Utilities face rising rates and stranded capacity simultaneously. Jigar Shah's argument reframes distribution upgrades as ROI recovery, not compliance cost. Here is what that means for procurement.

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April 1, 2026 5 min read

What IEEE PES T&D 2026 Reveals About Grid Procurement

The largest T&D conference in history organized its entire program around data center load and grid resilience. Here is what that signals for equipment procurement in 2026-2027.

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March 28, 2026 4 min read

The $1.9 Billion SPARK Deadline Is April 2: What Utility Procurement Teams Need to Know

DOE just released $1.9 billion in SPARK grid funding. Concept papers are due April 2, 2026. Here is what municipal utilities and co-ops need to know about equipment procurement.

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March 25, 2026 13 min read

How to Evaluate Transformer Bids When Lead Times Exceed Two Years

A practical scoring framework for comparing transformer bids in a 128-week lead time market (Wood Mackenzie). Stop choosing on price alone.

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