A single fire at a substation near Heathrow Airport in March 2025 canceled over 1,000 flights — and the transformer that failed won't be quickly replaced. This video breaks down why power transformers now take up to 4 years to build, why the U.S. only manufactures about 20% of what it needs, and what that means for grid reliability going forward.
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