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DOE Eases Requirements in Final Transformer Efficiency Standards Amid Supply Chain Strain

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:08:46 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) final energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers appear to strike a compromise with industry, softening the agency’s stance on steel requirements for essential transformer […]

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NRECA is urging Congress to approve funding to speed-up production of transformers and other crucial electric grid equipment. This photo shows completed pole-top transformers at ERMCO’s transformer production plant.

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Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Rein In DOE Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 04:26:58 +0000

A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators is poised to introduce a bill that could freeze the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) implementation of updated energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers. […]

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Reconsider Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards, Power Groups Urge DOE

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:12:32 +0000

Three major electric power trade groups in a letter on Feb. 15 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reconsider proposed energy efficiency conservation standards for distribution transformers, citing “severe and ongoing supply chain challenges that have prolonged and complicated distribution transformer production and availability.” The letter was sent ahead of a public meeting scheduled […]

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DOE Proposes New Distribution Transformer Standards as Crippling Shortages Persist

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:46:45 +0000

Almost all distribution transformers produced or imported into the U.S. under a new energy efficiency standards proposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) could require amorphous steel cores starting in 2027. The measure, unveiled as industry grapples with a crippling shortage of distribution transformers, will serve a longer-term role to boost grid resiliency as a […]

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DOE Proposes New Distribution Transformer Standards as Crippling Shortages Persist

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:46:45 +0000

Almost all distribution transformers produced or imported into the U.S. under a new energy efficiency standards proposed by the Department of Energy (DOE) could require amorphous steel cores starting in 2027. The measure, unveiled as industry grapples with a crippling shortage of distribution transformers, will serve a longer-term role to boost grid resiliency as a […]

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