WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Department Of Energy has issued a proposed rule called: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on June 15 by Jennifer Hartzell, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Summary: A Presidential determination issued on April 20, 2026, found that grid infrastructure supply chains, including distribution transformers and electrical core steel, are essential to national defense, and that U.S. industry faces critical constraints from limited domestic product capacity, extended procurement timelines, and foreign supply dependence. The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is initiating an inf...