Oncor, Texas’s largest energy delivery company, received the first shipment of voltage regulators from the new Eaton production lines. Pictured with a voltage regulator (from left to right) are Jason Citrano, Oncor distribution manager; Kimberly Young, Eaton plant manager; Jake Tillery, Oncor maintenance and construction transmission supervisor; Sarah Pena, Eaton utilities sales key account manager; James Daniel, Oncor operations supervisor; Brian Earle, Eaton product line manager; Jennifer Breland, Oncor design supervisor; Astrid Hernandez, Eaton vice president utilities sales–Gulf region; and Nolan Smith, Oncor customer service executive. (Image courtesy Eaton)
The expansion is intended to help utilities accelerate power grid modernization projects.
PITTSBURGH—Intelligent power management company Eaton recently completed a $100 million expansion project at its Nacogdoches, Texas manufacturing facility, the company said in a release.
The investment is reported to more than double Eaton’s U.S. production capacity for voltage regulators and three-phase transformers, in an effort to meet growing global demand for the company’s products aimed at accelerating grid modernization.
To mark the milestone, Eaton welcomed representatives from Oncor, Texas’s largest energy delivery company, at its Nacogdoches facility. Oncor was scheduled to receive the first shipment of voltage regulators from the new production lines.
“Having worked with Oncor for decades as both a valued customer and trusted collaborator, our organization is extremely grateful for their support,” said Eaton Senior Vice President–Power Delivery and Regulation, Guillaume Laur, in the release. “It is an honor to see our grid modernization solutions immediately being put to work in our community—and soon, around the world—to help advance energy resilience, reliability, and security.”
The project, launched in 2023, added 200,000 square feet to Eaton’s Nacogdoches facility. The expanded manufacturing capacity is reported to strengthen Eaton’s position as “one of the world’s largest suppliers of voltage regulators and capacitors, significantly boosting its U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities to serve both domestic and global customers.”
Eaton reported that since 2023, it has invested more than $1 billion in its North American manufacturing to advance electrification, the energy transition, and digitalization across industries. The company makes products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets.
“We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably, and to help our customers manage power—today and well into the future,” the company stated in the release. “By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.”