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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
In 2015 when I hired on to my utility and got my first tour of the nearest sub, I pointed to the new 20MW transformer and asked how much they cost, he told me $2million, but really it was the time. It takes 2 years to get one on a good day. I hear it's much Longer now a days.
The last transmission path we got granted a few months ago took about a decade, and we broke ground on it yet. They think 3 years from now it might start carrying load.
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No kidding. Biggest capex for my operations isn’t transformers, switchgear or GOABs, it’s paying my high voltage crew for all the planning and certification for it to meet code and the power pool’s requirements. These geniuses who don’t understand how rare lithium is and how it’s literally e-waste after their used up are amazing.