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United Utility Services has announced completing its acquisition of BHI Power Delivery, a speciality utility and distribution services provider.

Cargill has launched FR3r™ natural ester, a new transformer insulating fluid made from more than 95 % rapeseed oil.

Ziehl-Abegg, a German manufacturer of electric drives and fans is investing in a new production plant in the USA.

Governor Kathy Hochul has recently announced opening of the largest open-access electric vehicle fast charging hub in the Southern Tier region.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has decided to launch a 1-GW wind farm development and accompanying power transmission line project.

A transformer fire forced an evacuation at a hospital Brockton on the morning of 7 February.

West Penn Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is upgrading its distribution system in Allegheny and Washington counties.

Maine regulators have approved the construction of Longroad Energy’s 1 GW King Pine wind farm and LS Power Base’s 345 kV transmission line.

A new power project, the North Plains Connector, is a 620 km long HVDV transmission line that will connect central North Dakota to Colstrip, Montana.

American Electric Power (AEP) has ordered transformers worth $86 M from a South Korean electrical equipment manufacturer.

Ørsted and Eversource have submitted a joint proposal in response to New York State’s third round of offshore wind solicitations.

New England states plan to secure federal funding to invest in upgrading power transmission infrastructure in the region.

While physical attacks may have grabbed headlines, the cyber threat is growing, and the rise of distributed energy resources creates a larger attack surface.

American Transmission Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has completed a 21 km (13 mi) upgrade to a HV transmission line in in eastern Ohio.

Vice President Kamala Harris of the USA and two cabinet secretaries have celebrated the start of construction of a new high-capacity power transmission line.

Idaho Power, a unit of IDACORP, applied for a key regulatory certificate in Idaho for the Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) transmission line.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have announced a call for applications for the second cohort of the CECA program.

Virginia Transformer has announced it will officially inaugurate its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chihuahua on 10 February.

The APPA has expressed disappointment the funding to ramp up the production of distribution transformers has not been supported.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed new energy efficiency standards for three categories of distribution transformers.

The president and CEO of the American Public Power Association says US electric utilities are experiencing a shortage of distribution transformers.

People are vandalizing electrical equipment in the USA at a pace unseen in at least a decade, amid signs that domestic extremists use blackouts to sow unrest.

The winter storm that brought heavy snow, high winds and brutal cold across the USA has left hundreds of thousands without power on Christmas morning.

TransWest Express has selected Siemens Energy to supply the high-voltage direct current transmission technology for the TransWest Express Transmission Project.