USA, New Mexico: A 60-ton power transformer has been offloaded at the site of a new substation on Potash Mine Road as part of the Carlsbad substation upgrade and a $53 million transmission line project in Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.
USA, Washington D.C.: A blown transformer caused widespread power outages which affected the White House, the Capitol, Smithsonian museums, Metrorail stations, the University of Maryland and other sites across Washington and its Maryland suburbs Tuesday afternoon.
USA, North Carolina: Virginia Transformer Corp., a manufacturer of custom power electric transformers, has announced an investment of $2.4 million in new construction and equipment in the Roanoke Valley, North Carolina.
USA, Philadelphia: Morgan Schaffer, North American provider of Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) monitoring equipment the producer of the world’s only commercially available gas-in-oil standards, has announced the opening of Morgan Schaffer USA in Philadelphia.
USA, Missouri: Ameren crews have replaced a Boonville transformer with a new 22 MW power transformer as part of a $2.6 million project.
USA, Texas: Marks Crane & Rigging, a company offering heavy haul and specialised transportation services has been engaged by SPX, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of electrical equipment, to hoist and move three large power transformers.
USA, New York: General Electric unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced that it will auction 315 MW of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity across its Linden Variable Frequency Transformer (VFT) smart grid project.
USA, Washington: Workers from a heavy moving and rigging company Omega Morgan have started preparing a new 175-ton power transformer in the Port of Pasco’s Big Pasco Industrial area for delivery to Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station in Richland, Washington.
USA, Georgia: Georgia Transformer Corp., formerly known as EFACEC, a manufacturer of high-voltage transformers for utility companies is hiring 32 new employees at its manufacturing plant in Rincon.
USA, Indiana: ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, a steelmaking facility located on Lake Michigan in Northwest Indiana, was forced to shut down production on Friday due to a transformer failure that caused a lack of power.
USA, California: RESA Power Solutions has completed acquisition of Transformer Testing and Repairs, Inc., a leading provider of west coast transformer maintenance which has been serving the Northern California area since 1988.
USA, California: Southern California Edison (SoCal Ed) is proposing to upgrade an existing Mesa substation in the Los Angeles Basin to 500 kV to help make up for the retirement of the 2,250 MW San Onofre nuclear plant and planned shutdowns of power plants that use ocean water for cooling.
USA, Indiana: After a blown transformer caused an underground fire along Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis on Monday night, Indianapolis Power and Light (IPL) engineers said there were no issues with the transformer when they last inspected it in October 2014.
USA, Illinois: Winnetka Village Council is looking for solutions to prolong the life of its electrical infrastructure at the lakefront Electric Plant and address the issue of the lack of fire protection of the transformer yard and generator equipment located at the plant.
USA, Washington D.C.: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has commenced an inquiry into the vulnerability of large power transformers that are crucial to U.S. electricity delivery.
USA, Alabama: Athens City Council has decided to build a new substation in order to ensure there is enough power for the growing city needs.
USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy Corp. is looking to invest about $120 million in 2015 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects in Toledo Edison’s service area in northwest Ohio.
USA, Michigan: Two power transformers worth $1 million which have been custom-built for Traverse City Light & Power’s (TCL&P) LaFranier substation do not fit TCL&P electrical system.
USA, Ohio: FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has shut down its Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Lake County, Ohio, for a scheduled refuelling, maintenance and a transformer replacement.
USA, South Dakota: 80 MW Beethoven wind project, operated by a Munich-based company BayWa AG, should go online in the coming days as the farm received the main power transformer.
USA, Missouri: Columbia City Council will be making decision on the approval of $63.1 million bond issue to be added to the city’s electric utility revenue funds to finance a major overhaul of the city’s electric service and infrastructure.
USA, Washington: Ferry County Public Utility District (PUD) has reached a decision to start processing their agency’s own transformer oil.
USA, New Jersey: A FirstEnergy Company Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) plans to spend a total of $267 million in 2015 on electrical and transmission system enhancement projects in its New Jersey service area.
USA, New Jersey: Pioneer Transformers Ltd., a division of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (PPSI) has been awarded a multi-year contract by Hydro-Quebec Utility Company for the manufacture of distribution transformers.