ONEIDA, N.Y. -- National Grid retracted its statement that the transformers are permanent. A spokesperson for National Grid said he "misspoke." Instead, those transformers, as detailed in the original ...

A 184-tonne transformer will be delivered to a substation. The delivery is part of a major upgrade to National Grid’s Harker substation, near Carlisle.

The technology promises to replace several parts of the grid with one device that’s both controllable and updatable.

There is now broad consensus across the U.S. power sector that grid modernization is urgent. The challenge is no longer how to generate clean energy, but how to deliver it. By the end of 2023, roughly ...