#USA

USA, Louisiana, Carlyss: Entergy Louisiana is building a new substation in Carlyss, with four distribution powerlines to support residential growth in the area.

USA, Tennessee, Memphis: Hyosung Heavy Industries is penetrating the US market after completing the expansion of its HV transformer production in Memphis.

USA, California, Los Angeles: Hitachi Energy is selected to modernize a power transmission link between Utah and the Los Angeles area of California.

USA, Washington, Malaga: Chelan County Power Utility District (PUD) is building an $86 M substation to power the Microsoft data centre campus in Malaga, USA.

USA, Florida, Panama City: A major US transformer manufacturer Central Moloney has opened a new facility in Florida.

USA, North Carolina, Charlotte: The FBI has confirmed that an Eastern Carolina power substation that was vandalised last year was struck by gunfire.

USA, Florida: Duke Energy Florida is to commence work on its first floating solar array pilot at the company’s Hines Energy Complex in Bartow, Polk County, Florida.

USA, Minnesota: Xcel Energy proposed building a new double-circuit 345-kV transmission line to link at least 2,000 MW of new renewable energy to the grid.

UK, Oregon: The Oregon Supreme Court has granted Idaho Power permission to construct a 466 km, 500 kV transmission line.

USA: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island have proposed to build up to three new HVDC transmission lines for offshore wind in New England.

USA, Louisiana: Entergy Louisiana has completed a $15 M upgrade to a section of transmission lines in the City of Abbeville and the Town of Erath.

USA, New York: The New York State Public Service Commission has authorised the development of 62 local transmission upgrades to integrate more renewable energy.

USA, Washington D.C.: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has reserved $300 M to help rural communities ensure climate resilience and get affordable energy.

USA: A California man accused of blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers allegedly had large amounts of explosive materials his home.

USA, Virginia, Roanoke: US company Virginia Transformer has earned a contract to supply transformers to one of the largest data centre operators in the world.

The US Department of Energy has announced $48 M to improve semiconductor materials and devices for improved control and protection of the power grid.

USA: The US-based power generation company American Electric Power (AEP) is to sell its 1.365 GW portfolio of renewable assets to IRG Acquisition Holdings.

USA, Washington, D.C.: The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) is working on the allocation of $1 B to Puerto Rico.

USA, Washington, Seattle: A 110 T power transformer arrived at the East Pine Substation in Seattle after a long cross-continent journey.

USA, Washington, D.C.: The US Department of Energy has announced $50 M in funding to support clean energy projects on Tribal lands.

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, has announced approval for the acquisition of the company’s yet largest solar facility.

A 230 kV transmission line from the Neset substation close to Tioga to the Northshore substation near Ross, North Dakota has been recently energised.

The Biden administration is to provide the $13 B funding to support the expansion and modernisation of the national power grid.

A new $2.5 B transmission line to bridge the eastern and western power grids of the USA has been proposed for the plains of Montana and North Dakota.