Across the US, new houses sit unfinished – construction can’t be completed until they are connected to the electricity grid. Utility companies worry about how quickly they can restore power after ...
Have you ever noticed those metal canisters attached to utility poles? Those are transformers. They convert high-voltage electricity from power plants to lower-level electricity that’s safe for homes ...
U.S. transformer wait times have ballooned from 50 to 127 weeks, crippling grid resilience in the face of wildfires, storms, or attacks. The Build America, Buy America Act and global demand for ...
A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing "destruction and harm to public safety." Peter Karasev, 36, was identified with ...
In early December, 45,000 residents in North Carolina went without power after unknown saboteurs fired on critical electric transformers. Due to our current transformer shortage, it will take days to ...
America is currently in the midst of a transformer super cycle. In the short term, a 2020 study by the United States' Department of Energy reported that 70 percent of the country's distribution ...
A group of House Democrats is pushing Congress to use the powerful Defense Production Act (DPA) to rapidly produce electric transformers, a call that comes in the wake of an armed attack at two ...
Following the explosion of a transformer, passersby, building occupants, and cleanup personnel had potential exposure to the transformer dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
BAREILLY: A 25-day blackout in Soraha village, Budaun district, ended on Wednesday night after a new transformer was installed, bringing relief to 5,000-odd villagers, who had endured freezing winter ...