Volume 12, Issue 4: WUE Sponsors CREA’s Guatemala Electrification Efforts
WUE Sponsors CREA’s Guatemala Electrification Efforts
Western United was a proud sponsor of the recent trip to Guatemala by volunteer linemen from Colorado and Oklahoma to electrify the village of Sillab. The program, organized by Colorado Rural Electric Association, in-stalled 6.5 miles of power lines, an estimated 40 poles, 4 trans-formers and brought power to the isolated village for the first time. Western United provided each of the linemen 5 long sleeve T-Shirts to wear during their time working in the country. Access to electricity is a life changing event for the village and Western United is honored to have participated.
Holiday Schedule
WUE Offices will be Closed
Thursday November 28th - Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday November 29th - Thanksgiving Holiday
Wednesday December 25th - Christmas Holiday
Wednesday January 1st - New Years Holiday
WUE Update
Intermountain Rural Electric Association, Sedalia CO, has awarded the majority of their inventory management agreement to Western United. The three year agreement went into effect August 16th. Of the 22 Distribution Cooperatives in Colorado, Western United manages inventory agreements with 21.
Lincoln County Power District No.1 has been added as Western United’s 72nd Member. Lincoln County is located in Panaca Nevada.
WUE’s effort to upgrade our computer system from SAP to Prophet 21 was postponed due to vendor delays. The upgrade, previously scheduled for October 1st, has been pushed out to December 1st to allow the manufacturer the opportunity to complete required functionality on our Website and Accounting processes.
Construction has begun on the expansion to our Brighton warehouse. The 25K square feet of enclosed warehouse space is being added in addition to 13 new parking spaces and an EV charging station. Completion is now expected in January 2020.
Three new employees and one contractor have recently been added to the WUE staff. Greg Kearns has joined WUE as Director of Warehouse Operations, replacing Brian Peterson who has moved to the Sales team. In the Brighton warehouse, Jess Miller, Marcus Ulibarri and contractor Jose Martinez have joined the team.
Western United ranked #70 in the annual listing of the top 200 electrical distributors in the country in the June issue of Electrical Wholesaling magazine. This is up from our ranking of 73 last year. Additionally, We were rated #3 in the country for sales per employee with $3.3M of sales for every employee based on calendar year 2018 sales. This is the same ranking WUE held in 2017.
Featured Products
ChargePoint EV Charging Solutions and Western United Electric Supply have teamed up to offer two Level 2 EV Charging station purchasing options to fit any budget requirement:
ChargePoint is the market leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging operating the largest and most open network in the world with best-in-class hardware and advanced cloud-based services. Together, ChargePoint and WUE are focused on helping you improve your EV readiness and engagement in ad-dressing the rapidly growing demand for EV charging.
CT4000 family of stations
· All-purpose charging for employees, customers, residents or fleets
· Level 2 adds up to 25 RPH (miles of Range Per Hour)
· ENERGY STAR® and UL listed
Two purchasing options to fit any budget requirement:
1. ChargePoint as a Service (CPaaS) subscription for 5
payments of $2,000/year/station (any number of units)
2. Purchase dual-port Level 2 EV charging station bundles
from WUE at the special pricing of $10,000/ea.(any
number of units)
What is included in this 5 year turn-key offer:
· Commercial Level 2 CT4000 Dual Port Charging Station,
· Pedestal or Wall Mount, 18’ Cable with Cable Management
· 5 years of Advanced network services, including NOS
Dashboard (energy analytics, utilization, access controls, revenue controls, and advanced analytics and features for utilities)
· 5 year Assure Warranty onsite station maintenance and management program, station configuration, 24/7/365 driver support, site validation for underwriting of the As-sure Warranty
· Up to 30% Cost Savings over standard market pricing
Contact your WUE Account Representative for more details
Western United Open House 2019
Western United recently hosted their biennial Open House event at their Brighton, Colorado facility. The event was attended by over 240 customers and vendors, with 60 vendors displaying products for the event. The WUE Open House event has become the premiere event for Rocky Mountain region utilities to visit multiple vendors with products on display. Vendors and products on display included day-to-day construction items, EV charging stations, SCADA service providers, engineering support vendors, smart devices and solid state interrupting devices.
We want to thank our valued customers and vendors for their support.
Grand Prize raffle giveaways this year were a 55” Flat Screen TV and a set of tickets to the Broncos vs. Titans game at Empower Field at Mile High on October 13th. In addition to the Western United sponsored grand prizes, there were over 50 additional door prizes thanks to the support of manufacturers and authorized manufacturer agents from all throughout the WUE service territory.
Along with this year’s Open House, WUE also hosted a golf tournament and clay shoot. We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support, as well as all of our customers that attended and supported the events. In addition, we would like to thank Buffalo Run Golf Course for hosting the tournament, and Colorado Clays for hosting the clay shoot. Both facilities were great to work with and did a phenomenal job supporting our events.