Why this project qualifies
With $150 million in facility-specific investment and 250 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →Why it matters
The electrical equipment & grid context.
Electrical Equipment & Grid tracks major U.S. factories producing the equipment required to generate, transmit, control, and distribute electricity — including transformers, switchgear, generators, turbines, cables, and other grid components. It distinguishes equipment manufacturing from power generation, utility construction, energy production, and service-only projects.
Project record
At a glance
- Company
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)
- Industry
- Electrical Equipment & Grid
- Location
- Post Falls, Idaho
- Investment
- $150.0M
- Permanent jobs announced
- 250
- Status
- Announced
- Announced
- Sep 16, 2026
- Expected opening
- 2027
- Added to tracker
- Oct 3, 2026
Sources
Official references
- SEL continues to expand manufacturing capacity with new Post Falls, Idaho facility https://selinc.com/company/news/sel-continues-to-expand-manufacturing-capacity-with-new-post-falls-idaho-facility/
- SEL (Spokane Journal of Business reprint): Manufacturer invests $150M in Post Falls https://selinc.com/company/news/manufacturer-invests-150m-in-post-falls/
Related
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Across Electrical Equipment & Grid
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- Electrical Equipment & GridIndustrial Electric Mfg. (IEM)San Antonio, Texas$200.0M448 jobs
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