BOLINGBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2025--
G&W Electric, a global leader in power grid solutions, today announced the latest evolution of its Viper ® -ST recloser, featuring expanded voltage and current ratings designed to meet the growing demands of modern electrical distribution systems. Now available with ratings up to 170kV BIL and 1000A continuous current, this next-generation recloser delivers unmatched reliability, flexibility, and automation readiness to help utilities build a smarter, more resilient grid.
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"Utilities today are facing mounting pressure to enhance grid reliability while integrating distributed energy resources," said John Gounaris, Vice President of Global Marketing for G&W Electric. "The Viper-ST recloser is designed to provide the advanced protection and monitoring that utilities need to strengthen their networks, reduce outages, and enable future automation—all in a compact and flexible design."
With its enhanced dead-front module design and integrated mechanical block, the Viper-ST recloser ensures greater safety and ease of installation in pole-mount, substation, and padmount configurations. In addition, its high-performance epoxy encapsulation delivers superior insulation and environmental protection. Key features of the newest Viper-ST model include:
Meet the Viper-ST Recloser at DISTRIBUTECH 2025
The new Viper-ST recloser will debut at DISTRIBUTECH Booth 3403. Attendees can experience firsthand how its expanded ratings and advanced automation capabilities enhance grid resiliency and efficiency. G&W Electric experts will be on-site to discuss how this next-generation solution helps utilities future-proof their distribution networks.
About G&W Electric
Founded in 1905, G&W Electric is a global leader in innovative power grid solutions, offering advanced load and fault interrupting switches, reclosers, sensors, system protection equipment, power grid automation, and transmission and distribution accessories. Headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois, U.S.A., with manufacturing and sales support in over 100 countries, G&W Electric helps customers overcome challenges and gain a competitive edge with cutting-edge products and technical services. For more information visit www.gwelectric.com. Follow G&W Electric on Twitter @GW_Electric and LinkedIn.
G&W Electric's latest evolution of its Viper®-ST recloser, featuring expanded voltage and current ratings designed to meet the growing demands of modern electrical distribution systems.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to exercise hope against “the violence of war that kills and destroys,’’ saying “we need this song of hope today” as conflicts spread around the world.
With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its second month and Russia’s ongoing campaign in Ukraine, Leo has repeatedly called for a halt in hostilities. In his Easter homily, the pope singled out those who wage war, abuse the weak and prioritize profits.
Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, addressed the faithful from an open-air altar in St. Peter’s Square flanked with white roses, while the steps leading down to the piazza where the faithful gathered were filled with spring perennials, symbolically resonating with the pope’s message of hope.
The pontiff implored the faithful to keep their hope in the face of death, which lurks “in injustices, in partisan selfishness, in the oppression of the poor, in the lack of attention given to the most vulnerable.
“We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys," he said.
He quoted his predecessor Pope Francis in warning against falling into indifference in the face of “persistent injustice, evil, indifference and cruelty," because “it is also true that in the midst of darkness, something new always springs to life and sooner or later produces fruit.”
He will later deliver the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” message — Latin for “to the city and the world.’’
Traditional ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered by Christians as the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, were scaled back under an agreement with Israeli police. Authorities have put limits on the sizes of public gatherings due to ongoing missile attacks.
The restrictions also dampened the recent Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr holiday, as well as the current weeklong Jewish festival of Passover. On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to just 50 people.
The restrictions have strained relations between Israeli authorities and Christian leaders. Police last week prevented two of the church’s top religious leaders, including Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from celebrating Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
On Tuesday, the pope had expressed hope that the war could be finished before Easter.
Barry reported from Milan. Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed.
Pope Leo XIV presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Clergy follow Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV sprinkles holy water with a bunch of hyssop sprigs as he presides over Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
