IN short this problem is being caused by brain dead liberal bureaucrats... As far as the larger transformers - rumor is none are made in the US.
“There are about a half-dozen U.S. manufacturers of the transformers that are dealing with labor and raw-materials shortages. Ditto said the main choke point is the specialty steel used in transformers — there is only one U.S. manufacturer for that. Her group and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association asked the Energy Department in May to suspend a 2016 efficiency standard that they say is partly responsible for the steel shortage, but the department has not gone along.”
Most of the problems in the country can be chased back to one source: GOVERNMENT. Too big, too onerous, too intrusive, too uncaring, etc.
You are correct (rumor).
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/Steve%20Newman%20Delta%20Star-A1.pdf
“Unfortunately, most of the large power transformers which must be procured for individual utilities’ needs on procurement timelines that often exceed 12 months — are produced in a handful of factories around the world, as most of these manufacturers have fled the United States for more cost competitive environments. In the end, incentives for domestic manufacturing is limited, expansion and re-tooling is capital intensive, and market protection is limited at this time.”
The latter statement should appropriately ruffle everyone’s feathers.
Furthermore, there are other issues at hand:
https://energycentral.com/news/transformer-shortage-impacting-local-utility-companies
https://www.jeffpud.org/transformer-shortages-price-spikes/
This one storm is going to impact the housing market and grid maintenance across the entire country.
If I hear one person in my earshot dare to utter ‘climate change’ regarding this solitary storm, I’m prepared to rip them a new one. I don’t care who or where they are.
I encourage others to let the a$$hole in them go to work to combat this propaganda narrative, but do so with facts and be prepared to utterly destroy these idiots.
Additionally, call out your elected representatives on both power grid resiliency/flexibility/redundancy/ramping vs. ‘net zero’ and demand that the national power grid become a national security priority.