DOE’s 2024 rule change ultimately took a middle-ground approach, allowing the use of both GOES and amorphous steel to ensure manufacturers can meet the growing need for grid equipment. The group supported the 2024 transformer rule and other stricter efficiency requirements DOE finalized during the Biden administration. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, in July 14 comments, said the 2024 rule “strikes the right balance.” Cleveland-Cliffs, the second-largest steel manufacturer in the U.S., on July 15 said it supports DOE making changes to the 2024 rule it previously supported. The company is the sole producer of GOES for distribution transformers in North America.