Large power transformer lead time

Why this row

Large power transformers that were orderable in under a year before 2020 now take 36 to 60 months, and the reliability regulator reports 80 to 210 weeks. Every generation and transmission row in this chapter waits on that lead time, which is why the Act names it as one of its Capacity Triggers and puts federal purchase commitments for transformers, switchgear and HVDC converters in the first hundred days of its Mission Board. The row is anticipatory because manufacturers deliver it; the plan tracks the lead time and the public orders that shorten it.

The path

linear from the middle of the 2024 range; the Act's long-lead order book is contracted in its first hundred days

Each July 4 the row shows its baseline, this path, the latest official value and a status of ahead, on schedule or behind. As an anticipatory row it reports the public decisions that delayed it.