NEMA represents 300+ electrical equipment manufacturers that make safe, reliable, and efficient products & technologies that power, connect, and light our world
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✅ Wildfire resilience demands a stronger, smarter grid.
🤝 NEMA member @SEL_News is partnering with @WSUNews to advance practical solutions.
⚡ It’s why NEMA champions grid modernization & fair liability protections for electrical manufacturers. krem.com/article/news/local/…
🏭 NEMA member company @HitachiEnergy is investing $457 million to expand transformer manufacturing in Virginia, creating 825 jobs.
⚡ @CardinalNewsVA’s @MBusse examines how Hitachi and others are expanding U.S. production of critical grid equipment. cardinalnews.org/2026/10/12/…
🔋 ICYMI in @WashingtonPost: Battery storage helps manage peak electricity demand, strengthen grid reliability & support critical services during outages.
📰 Scroll to the bottom for NEMA's Patrick Hughes on the importance of safe, responsible deployment. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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⚡ New from the ZETA Education Fund and the @NEMAupdates: a white paper on strengthening EV fire safety.
The research finds that fires are significantly less common in EVs than in internal combustion engine vehicles. But as EV and charging infrastructure deployment grows, safety policy needs to keep pace.
Read the full paper here: zeta.org/white-papers/white-…
⚡ NEW: @ENERGY has announced $967M in additional funding to help states, territories & tribes strengthen America's electric grid.
🔌 Modern electrical infrastructure is key to improving reliability, keeping electricity affordable & meeting high demand. energy.gov/articles/energy-d…
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At our 10th Annual Policymakers Symposium, we brought together leaders from @INGAApipelines, @WilliamsUpdates, @NEMAupdates and @CEBAPower, plus pollster @alexlundry, for an insider’s look at how to build energy infrastructure at the speed of demand. ⚡
With the Senate introducing the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act just a couple of weeks ago, the conversation couldn’t be timelier. To read more about what our expert panelists said, check out our latest blog: nationalcleanenergyweek.org/…
⚡ Electrical safety starts with teamwork.
🤝 Today, NEMA & @ZETA_Updates convened manufacturers, first responders & safety experts for the Fire Safety Solutions Summit to discuss practical approaches to fire safety as new technologies emerge.
#ElectricalSafety #FireSafety
⚡High electricity demand, extreme weather & affordability pressures are putting America's grid to the test.
📊A new report from NEMA member @SandCElectric examines the challenges utilities face—and the tech & investment needed for a more resilient grid. sandc.com/en/l/resiliency/20…
🏭 NEMA member HICO America celebrates 25 years of powering America!
⚡ @ENERGY's Katie Jereza toured its Memphis transformer plant, where a $300M+ investment and ongoing expansion will boost manufacturing capacity by 50%.
🔍 Read more here: hicoamerica.com/blog/hico-am…
🏗️ Manufacturers want to build. Congress must clear the way.
⚡ NEMA joined @ShopFloorNAM and 100+ other groups urging the Senate to pass the bipartisan American Affordability & Jobs Act to cut permitting delays, spur investment, and create American jobs. nam.org/100-manufacturing-bu…
💡 U.S. manufacturers have invested billions in LED technology. NEMA's Eric Bursch tells @FacilitiesDive why the Liberating Incandescent Technology (LIT) Act could undermine those investments, increase electricity demand & raise safety concerns.
➡️ More: facilitiesdive.com/news/us-m…
⚡ Grid congestion can mean a decade-long wait for data center power, @Google tells @ZColman.
🔌 NEMA members are helping accelerate the solutions: more transmission, advanced conductors, and grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) to unlock existing capacity. politico.com/news/2026/10/14…
🏛️NEW: @POLITICO highlights NEMA's work alongside energy industry partners to build House support for bipartisan #PermittingReform.
⚡Modernizing permitting is essential to expanding America's grid, boosting reliability & meeting high electricity demand. politico.com/newsletters/ins…
⚡ NEMA has urged Congress to pass the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to accelerate transmission projects, expand grid capacity, and deliver more affordable, reliable electricity.
✅ Read our full statement: makeitelectric.org/newsroom/…
🏭 American manufacturing in action!
⚡ NEMA member @ABBNorthAmerica celebrated its $40M expansion in Senatobia, MS, adding 200,000 sq. ft. to produce electrical equipment as demand rises.
🤝 NEMA President & CEO Debra Phillips was proud to join ABB in marking this milestone!
🔐Grid security and reliability must go hand in hand.
⚡In comments to @ENERGY on the Bulk Power System EO, NEMA urges a risk-based approach that targets security threats without delaying grid modernization or disrupting critical equipment supply chains. makeitelectric.org/wp-conten…
🏭@SandCElectric is growing its 🇺🇸 footprint with a new 295,000-square-foot facility in Glenview, IL, freeing up manufacturing space & creating jobs.
⚡A key investment in U.S. manufacturing capacity to support a stronger, more resilient grid. Read more: sandc.com/en/news/sc-news/sc…
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The average American home has 30 devices with lithium-ion batteries in it. ESFI is reminding you to stop using your device right away if the battery smells strange, is warm to the touch, makes popping noises, changes shape or color, or if you see smoke: zurl.co/1XagP
🚧America's next infrastructure breakthrough could follow the roads & rails we already have.
✅NEMA's Steve Griffith explains how @USDOT's Great Corridors of Commerce initiative could spur grid expansion, reduce delays & boost 🇺🇸 manufacturing. @SecDuffy makeitelectric.org/newsroom/…
