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What Happens If the Lights Don't Come Back On?
America's grid depends on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. A single replacement takes five years to make — and the waiting list is getting longer.
Grid regulators warn transformer lead times have reached five years — our lead story
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America's grid depends on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. A single replacement takes five years to make — and the waiting list is getting longer.