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EA May 2025

E-MOBILITY!

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Electrical Apparatus is the monthly magazine and virtual community for electromechanical professionals who design, specify, use, sell, operate, maintain and repair electrical equipment.

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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | JUNE 2025

Contents

05/25

A BARKS PUBLICATION
VOLUME 78 / NUMBER 05

WWW.BARKS.COM

Energy

18 Welcome to rare earth 

USGS report highlights mineral supplies and U.S. reliance on imports
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor

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EA Reader Profile 

22 A burning desire to excel 

Why one senior engineer once told Jerry Hogan, ‘Somebody put fire in your belly when you were young’
By Colin Gregory-Moores, EA Contributing Writer 

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Plant Life

26 Hot under the hood   

Numerous potential heat sources pose thermal challenges in e-mobility
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer 

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Conventions & Trade Shows

29 A reconditioning league of their own   

 A conference for rebuilders of electrical apparatus sparks conversation in Charlotte
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor 

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Electric Vehicles

31 Out of charge

A funding freeze hits a state-based EV infrastructure charging program
By Maura Keller, EA Contributing Writer 

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Power Transmission & Distribution

37 Low-voltage switchgear

For those occasions when you need something more substantial than a switchboard
By David Bredhold, EA Contributing Writer 

 

Motors & Generators

31 New opportunities in efficiency rebates  

There’s a new class of rebates for industrial motor users — and users may pay you to help apply for them

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Finance & The Workplace

 44 Looking behind the numbers   

Get a sense of a company’s financial health by reading financial statements like an auditor

By William H. Wiersema, EA Finance Editor

 

Safety & Health

48 Zooming toward safety    

With the rising popularity of e-scooters comes the need for new safety measures

By Avery Heeringa, EA Contributing Writer

 

Pump It Up

50 Pumping the brakes   

 Pump manufacturers offer few details about pumps for EVs as the EV industry in the U.S. faces uncertainty

By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor

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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | MAY 2025

Departments

04 The editor's comment

E-mobility: an industry in flux​

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05 Let's solve your problem

Answers to questions about motor coils, leads, and cables

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06 Calendar

Upcoming events on sales, energy, pumps, and manufacturing 

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08 Associations

Associations keep the electric vehicle dream alive  

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10 Speaking of

Electric vehicle sales growth down to the wire 

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12 Business

Separately, Dreisilker and Siemens set up shops in Texas 

 

14 Know your industry

Society of Automotive Engineers International looks skyward

 

20 Plant happenings

New plants in Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and North Carolina

 

28 Utilities

With EVs at a crossroads, electric utilities continue their support  

 

30 Names & faces

Personnel changes at Mississippi Power and NTN Bearing Corp

   

30 Deaths

Bryce Klontz, devoted to business, family, and community  

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46 Product showcase

New from Schneider Electric, CS Instruments, and SPX FLOW  

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53 Classified advertising

Your monthly marketplace for equipment, businesses, and more

 

53 Cy's Super Service

The electrical service industry’s most prominent curmudgeon

 

54 EA puzzle

A crossword puzzle based on EA’s March and April issues

 

55 Moe, Genny & friends

The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator

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56 Direct & current

A record-sized lineworker’s class, and tariff talk from NAM’s CEO

 

56 Advertising index

Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus

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