NEMA represents 300 electrical equipment manufacturers that make safe, reliable, and efficient products & technologies that power, connect, and light our world
100 years ago, electrical manufacturing helped power a modern world. Today, it powers everything.
2026 marks NEMA’s centennial — honoring a century of standards, safety, and innovation, and setting the stage for what’s next. #NEMA100
🥫 In recognition of #WorldHungerDay, NEMA staff supported Cardinal Caring Cupboard, a food pantry serving families and neighbors in Arlington, Va. Thanks to the generosity of NEMA staff, the Cupboard was able to serve 49 families — 202 individuals — on June 4 alone.
⚡ Proud to support efforts helping bridge the gap of food insecurity in the community we call home.
👏 NEMA welcomes nine new member companies bringing expertise across the grid, high-voltage equipment, energy storage, advanced manufacturing, data centers & next-gen power.
⚡ Their leadership strengthens our industry as 🇺🇸 electricity demand surges.
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⚙️A win for manufacturers & customers: @ENERGY has extended its enforcement pause for certain advanced electric motor testing rules thru 10/14/29.
✅ This supports innovation, protects product choice affordability & provides a clearer path to compliance. energy.gov/documents/electri…
⚡️RIGHT NOW: NEMA, @ASHRAEnews & @PNNLab release the AI Data Center Energy Performance Framework—a new resource linking standards, guidance & best practices for safe, reliable data center development.
🔌 Built for the infrastructure behind the AI economy.makeitelectric.org/newsroom/…
🚗 NEMA President & CEO Debra Phillips joined GM Empower in San Francisco for a look at new battery, behind-the-meter, and vehicle-grid technologies.
⚡ Thanks to @GM for convening leaders advancing demand response, grid flexibility, and electrified mobility.
📈 Electrical equipment and component manufacturing is projected to be the fastest-growing detailed manufacturing industry from 2024–2034.
⚡ 29% employment growth
⚡ 48,400 jobs
⚡ $53,120 median annual wage
🇺🇸 The next decade of industrial growth will be digital & electrical.
🇺🇸Momentum continues to build for NEMA’s Make It American™ program in Washington.
🤝Thx to @RepMann & the Congressional Real Estate Caucus for moving a bill that recognizes NEMA’s industry-led certification program as a strong tool for @HUDGov projects. makeitelectric.org/newsroom/…
📍 LIVE from the GRIDIRON Finale in DC:
⚡ NEMA President & CEO Debra Phillips says America's energy future depends on our ability to build electrical infrastructure faster.
🏭 That means resilient supply chains, domestic manufacturing & the workforce needed to power it all.
🎙️ Today at 12:50 PM EDT, NEMA President & CEO Debra Phillips speaks on a panel in Washington, DC, on grid supply chains, domestic manufacturing, critical minerals and the infrastructure needed to meet rising electricity demand.
⚡#GRIDIRONFinale@EnergyDialogue
🏭 Great @NYTimes feature on NEMA member company @SchneiderElec using #AI to support workers, not replace them.
✅ A strong example of innovation helping manufacturers improve quality, efficiency, and productivity.
➡️More from @PatCohenNYT: nytimes.com/2026/05/29/busin…
⚡ NEMA’s updated grid study continues to get attention in the media.
📈 U.S. electricity demand is projected to rise 55% by 2050, with steepest growth expected this decade.
🔌 Solutions are available: GETs, behind-the-meter resources & demand response. southwestledger.news/news/el…
⚡ NEMA’s Low-Voltage Distribution Equipment Leadership Forum convened member company leaders to identify 2026 industry priorities.
🔌 LVDE is central to how power is distributed, protected, controlled & used safely across homes, buildings, facilities & critical infrastructure.
⚡ Happening TODAY at #CLEANPOWER26: NEMA President and CEO Debra Phillips joins fellow industry leaders to discuss scaling American electrical manufacturing in a high-growth energy market
📍 George R. Brown Convention Center
#SupplyChains#Electrification@USCleanPower
🤝Thank you to our member company @PhoenixContact for hosting NEMA’s Grid Sector Leadership Committee at its Harrisburg, Pa., headquarters.
📊Important discussion on the grid, energy policy & the tech needed to support a more reliable, resilient electrical future.
⚡️ Congrats to @ABBMotion on becoming the first electric motor manufacturer to earn product-level certification under NEMA’s Make It American™ program.
🇺🇸 A major milestone for U.S. manufacturing and the infrastructure powering America's energy future.
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According to @NEMAupdates, more than half of all surges are created from within a facility, and many go unnoticed because they may not immediately cause device failure. Implementing a comprehensive surge mitigation plan will protect a facility from all causes of surges.