Mergers and Acquisitions

GE Vernova's $9B Planned Buy of Trench Group Targets Grid Equipment Crunch

By Bryan Gottlieb

Photo courtesy Trench Group

Trench Group’s newly opened Charlotte, N.C., factory, its only U.S. manufacturing facility, is expected to begin producing high-voltage bushings rated up to 765 kV in late 2027. The plant is initially designed to produce up to 3,500 bushings annually, with room to expand capacity to 10,000.

October 28, 2026

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$9 BILLION ACQUISITION

GE Vernova plans to acquire Trench Group, bringing a key high-voltage equipment supplier in-house in a deal expected to close in late 2027.

3,500 TO 10,000 BUSHINGS

Trench's Charlotte, N.C., factory is initially designed to produce up to 3,500 high-voltage bushings annually, with room to expand capacity to 10,000.

UP TO FIVE-YEAR LEAD TIMES

A federal study cited by ENR found extra-high-voltage transformer procurement can take as long as five years and identified bushings…