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GE Vernova Inc. aims to invest nearly $600 million in factories and facilities in the USA over the next two years to meet electricity demand around the world.

Virginia Transformer has announced it has delivered and installed two E2X pad-mounted transformers for Consol Energy.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved the Certificate of Need and Route Permit for the Northland Reliability Project.

SGB-SMIT Group and Southwest Electric Co. have signed an agreement for the purchase of Southwest Electric Co., with closing expected in the first quarter of 2025.

North Arkansas Electric Cooperative has recently energized its Galatia Substation and transmission line in the Norfork area.

MISO has selected Ameren to build infrastructure projects worth around $1.3 billion to transmit energy to distribution grids in Missouri, Illinois and several Midwest states.

HD Hyundai Electric plans to invest 397 billion won ($272.3 million) to boost production capacities for 765 kV ultra-high-capacity transformers at its plants in Ulsan and Alabama.

Virginia Transformer Corporation has been selected by data center companies to supply its transformers to key data center projects across the US.

Effective April 1, Lynn Good will retire as CEO and chair of the board of Duke Energy Corp., with 29-year company veteran Harry Sideris set to take over.

PMA Supply has announced the successful delivery of the final unit in a series of three 45 MVA transformers to a client in West Texas.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative energized a transmission line in western North Dakota in December.

PG&E has installed a new transformer at the Del Monte Substation in Monterey, California.

The CIP-Avangrid joint venture Vineyard Wind has finished monopile installation at the 804 MW Vineyard Wind 1 site.

ERV has announced the closing of $15 million in its NMTC allocation for the expansion of the Weidmann Electrical Technology, Inc. plant in St. Johnsbury, VT.

An explosion at a substation in north Fort Worth, Texas caused a large fire on Wednesday evening and the voluntary evacuation of nearby homes.

ESA Power, LLC has announced the acquisition of Power Asset Recovery Corporation (PARC).

Duke Energy has announced a major initiative to rebuild its three of its substations affected by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

DTEK will receive €107 million ($112.30 million) from the European Commission and the United States to restore power facilities destroyed in attacks on the energy system.

DTE Energy will construct three new substations as part of its strategy to reduce power outage frequency by 30% and outage time by half by 2029.

Oil-filled transformer manufacturer VanTran Transformers will expand manufacturing capabilities in Waco, Texas.

Viriginia Transformer has delivered, installed, and energized a new transformer in Newark, Delaware.

Many areas were left without power in New York State’s Chemung County on Thursday after a fire at a substation.

Spain’s Acciona Energía on Tuesday has acquired a portfolio of two wind farms in Texas, adding 300 MW of capacity to its US renewable energy fleet.

A Tennessee man had planned to use a drone carrying an explosive to destroy a Nashville substation.