A massive power transformer shortage is wreaking havoc in the US

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A nationwide shortage of power grid transformers is causing delays across the US for everything from infrastructure for electric vehicles to new homes

Across the US, new houses sit unfinished – construction can’t be completed until they are connected to the electricity grid. Utility companies worry about how quickly they can restore power after damage caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters. And nationwide efforts to modernise ageing electrical grids face delays of months or even years.

All this is happening because of a national shortage of electrical distribution transformers. These devices convert the high-voltage electricity from power lines into lower voltages suitable for homes and businesses, …

 

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Watch out huge earthquake is coming connecticut

We need to harden the entire electrical grid before an EMP turns it all off☠️

Go hybrid cars first it will help the environment! the economy! and not China!

Say what n the orthotic thinking left thinking this will he next source of energy cars... pathetic leadership pathetic results

I can't understand why nobody in power thought this through, it's clearly been a problem growing in criticality for a large number of years. Electricity is key to everything. Watch, Enron - The Smartest guys in the Room, to get an idea of energy mismanagement and corruption

Must depopulate:

Oh that’s just the Chinese government, tapping in , rearranging , weakening and wreaking havoc. I mean we did just shoot their marshmallow puff out the sky.

I believe with new housing and ev it’s going to 500.00 and beyond. Their are no ev chargers in the Midwest and with gm and ford dropping ev’s to catch Tesla everyone thinks a power grid from 1958 is gonna last. Rolling constant blackouts are coming simple supply and demand is…

Won't make any difference how many transformers there are when the sun decides to do another Carrington.

Quit shooting at them intentionally and letting antifa camp out next to them, thanks for the newest gaslighting porn. Just like ventilators, PPE, N95 masks, chickens, toilet paper, blah blah blah. Running out of everything

They are all made in China, with few exceptions.

Let me guess… Bill Gates has a new transformer company coming out?

That is nothing new. This has been a problem for a very long time.

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