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Substation

The facility transforming and switching power between transmission and the site, a major long-lead build item.

Current numbers

~128–160+ wkHV/substation power transformer lead time (standard); up to ~60 months in constrained markets — often the schedule's long poleas of 2026 · register ↗
~128–160+ wkHV/substation transformer lead time (≈144 wk GSU; up to ~60 mo constrained) — OFE-by-default, pre-GCas of 2026 · register ↗
~128–160+ wkHV/substation power-transformer lead time (~128 wk average power transformer, ~143–144 wk GSU, WoodMac Q2 2025; large-unit quotes have ranged ~80–210 wk; up to ~60 mo in constrained markets) — the schedule-dominating long poleas of 2026 · register ↗

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