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Transformer

Electrical machine that steps voltage between grid, distribution, and rack levels; among the longest-lead-time items in a build and a frequent schedule gate.

Also written as: Transformers

Context: Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

Current numbers

P50: week 60; P90: week 68; latest release: week 2Cedar productive-date confidence and transformer releaseas of 2026-09 · register ↗
10 MW; $100/kW-month rent; 20% saved expense; 30-day policy month; damage completion day 90; no-damage start day 30; 15-day excess; 6-month maximum; $1.0m limit.Landlord transformer-fire and DSU wording assumptionsas of 2026-09 · register ↗
~128–208 wkHV/substation power transformer lead time (standard); constrained markets run longer still — often the schedule's long poleas of 2026-08 · register ↗

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