In Industry Win, DOE Eases Final Efficiency Rule For Power Transformers

The Energy Department (DOE) is finalizing significantly eased efficiency standards for power distribution transformers, offering a win for industry groups who had argued the proposed requirements would have added costly hurdles to the power sector that is striving to integrate more clean energy and handle increased electricity demand. “DOE is adopting efficiency standards based on, but importantly different from, those proposed in” its January 2023 proposal, the department writes in its April 4 final rule . The final standards are...