#USA

USA, Washington D.C.: The ESCC on 1 September issued a statement regarding the power restoration efforts underway in the wake of Hurricane Ida.

USA: South Fork Wind project partners Ørsted and Eversource have selected Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. (Kiewit) to build a substation for the project.

USA, Virginia: Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has completed an upgrade to the electrical system serving Grant County, West Virginia.

USA, Texas: Tesla wants to sell electricity directly to customers in Texas, according to an application filed with the Public Utility Commission there.

USA, Pennsylvania, New Castle: Penn Power, a FirstEnergy Corp. electric company, has started construction on a new distribution substation in Lawrence County.

USA: A new device enables the testing of superconducting cables to high current without the high helium consumption associated with traditional current leads.

USA, Pennsylvania, Columbia: PPL Electric Utilities moved a large transformer in Lancaster County on 19 August.

USA, Banning: A project by the City of Banning Electric Utility (BEU) in California that involves moving and relocating a power transformer.

USA, Maryland, Halfway: Potomac Edison has with the Maryland Public Service Commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

USA, Georgia, Athens: Spire Power Solutions L.P., a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC, has announced acquiring the assets of V&F Transformer.

USA, California: Governor Newsom has established a contingency plan to increase electricity reliability this summer and fall.

USA, Pennsylvania, Lehighton: The town of Lehighton will spend over $600,000 for a new substation transformer.

USA, San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has announced an initiative to expand the undergrounding of power lines in high fire-threat districts.

USA, Texas, Houston: RESA Power, LLC, has announced the acquisition of EPIC Energy Solutions, LLC.

USA, Gorgia, Rincon: The future stole the spotlight from the past during Virginia and Georgia Transformer Corp’s recent 50th anniversary celebration.

USA, New Mexico, Belen: The development of a large solar farm, Sky Ranch Solar project has been approved by the city council, in the city of Belen.

USA, Texas, Bridge City: Entergy Texas has announced construction of Orange County Advanced Power Station.

Walker, Michigan, USA: Consumers Energy moved a big transformer in Ottawa County yesterday.

Amarillo, Texas, USA: As Xcel Energy crews install a mobile transformer at the Lawrence Park Substation, some Amarillo residents are experiencing power outages.

Mayfield Village, Ohio, USA: An incident caused a fire at a substation in the area of Mayfield Village, which is causing power outages there.

USA, Virginia, Danville: Faced with an aging transformer infrastructure dating back to the 1970s, the city realized the need for upgrades to their energy grid.

USA, Texas, Hereford: Over the last few years, Xcel Energy has invested billions into the region’s power grid.

USA, Florida: As tropical storm Elsa made landfall on 7 July along Florida’s northwest coast, Duke Energy crews quickly responded to restore damage.

USA, Virginia, Roanoke: Virginia Transformer Corporation (VTC) commemorated its 50th anniversary on 23 June.