Enabling the Ever-Growing Demand for Electrification
Wesco offers a full suite of grid services, products and capabilities that can be customized to meet the specific operational needs of any size project.
Experience Matters
Consumers are demanding access to consistent, always available power. Partnering with a turnkey solutions provider like Wesco, who has broad supply chain experience, design/engineering capabilities, a full range of customizable project and program services, industry expertise and proven processes and procedures can effectively streamline complex processes and help avoid costly mistakes.
When utilities and those in the industrial segment explore how to build their next large-scale or multi-site capital infrastructure project, they look to Wesco to help drive efficiencies, maximize cost savings and mitigate risks that naturally come with these types of projects.
With our broad experience and proven track record, we can offer any combination of innovative and cost-effective solutions that help you overcome today’s market complexities, including:
• Environmental and regulatory requirements
• Health and safety concerns
• Increased project complexity and scale
• Skilled labor shortages
• Supply chain continuity challenges
• Technology convergence
Delivering Today’s Needs and Tomorrow’s Operational Efficiencies
Wesco has built their reputation on having the products and solutions that utilities and others in the industrial segment need to deliver a reliable, safe supply of power. We also know that the energy grid is rapidly changing. That’s why Wesco is taking a holistic approach in rethinking the infrastructure and markets that provide the power we use every day.
By partnering with our customers, we can utilize our broad experience to provide both innovative and effective grid services and solutions. From project planning, to estimating, procurement and sourcing, material packages, project management and a wide array of customizable project services, we can help you improve labor efficiency while driving sustainable cost savings.
Why Power Utilities Trust Wesco
Wesco acts as a trusted partner to collaborate and deliver innovative turnkey project management services, along with providing a single point of accountability to our customers.
Using our proven tools and methodologies, we can provide real-time analytics, performance metrics and complete oversight and coordination for any stage of your projectfrom concept to completion.
Grid Services for Multiple Markets
Acting as a trusted partner, Wesco successfully manages large-scale and complex infrastructure projects for a variety of industries including power delivery, industrial, utility grade clean energy generation, as well as government entities and municipalities.
• Electrification
– IOU grid hardening
– Capital projects
• 24/7/365 connectivity
– Data centers
– 24/7 eCommerce
Asset Management
Managing assets in the power sector has become more challenging due to various disruptors, including extreme weather events, increased demand, physical and cyber threats and aging assets. Managing these added assets has also become challenging with the growth of renewables and distributed energy resources. Some of these new assets include energy storage, smart meters, sensing devices, data, software, firmware and hardware. With the proliferation of assets and the rapid convergence in technology, managing or controlling their impact on the grid becomes imperative.
By combining our industry expertise with our proficiencies in improving operational efficiencies, boosting security and mitigating risks, we can help design processes and strategies to combine leading technology and improved asset management.
• Green energy and renewables
– Utility grade solar and wind farms
• Mining
– Electric power delivery
• Oil and gas
– Transmission and substation power delivery
Packaging Solutions for Distribution, Transmission and Substations
Wesco has extensive knowledge of substation design, and we can develop innovative solutions to meet the requirements of any project. Through close collaboration with our customers, we offer a turnkey approach for all material needs.
• Coordination of services, packaging and materials management
• Coordination with our extensive manufacturer network
• Efficient procurement solutions
• Preparation of a comprehensive BOM based on designs
• Regular reporting to customer with updates and analytics
Project Management
We live in a hyper-connected world where it is increasingly important to have access to real-time data, reduce risk, automate operations and predict service needs. By utilizing Wesco’s project management services, we can partner with you to successfully manage large-scale capital infrastructure projects.
• Approvals for value added alternative solutions
• Comprehensive and complex scope integration capabilities
• Effectively manage change orders
• Extensive industry, technical and project management experience
• Manage material orders
• Material planning and lead time management
• Monitor and analyze project progress to avoid unnecessary risk and project delays
• Project closeout documentation and follow-up
• Project management liaison between customer, suppliers and stakeholders
• Regular reporting and tracking analytics
• Safety compliance
Project Site Services
Our experienced, dedicated team is committed to providing reliable and cost-effective methods to help ensure a successful completion of your project in a timely and efficient manner.
Our specialized expertise in the power industry gives you the assurance that major issues will be handled and risks minimized. With a full spectrum of innovative project services and our value-added approach to materials management, we can deliver greater efficiencies.
Our project site services can help companies manage project labor, training and certifications.
Outsourcing project services is often the best solution to help ensure the success of your project in today’s complex utility industry. Our project site services can be tailored to the needs of the customer and the requirements of the project, including:
• Custom accessory kitting
• Emergency response
• ERP system coordination
• Logistics and expediting
• Project packaging
• Real-time data and analytics to oversee, analyze and track performance and metrics
• Returns and reclamation
• Scalability to fit project needs
• Sourcing and procurement
• Spend and process management
• Training and certification
• Transaction management
• Vendor-managed inventory (VMI)
• Warehouse management and inventory control
• Wire and cable management
Take Advantage of Wesco’s Expertise with Government Funding Opportunities
Multiple government funding sources are available to help power companies modernize and harden the grid, expand broadband, bring new opportunities for clean energy and upgrade cybersecurity and resiliency programs.
Wesco has the expertise to navigate the various funding programs and processes to help ensure that you are maximizing these opportunities and can achieve compliance. With a dedicated team focused on this sector, we have specialized resources targeted on state and local government customers.
• Gain a single point of contact, allowing for easy access to our complete suite of products and solutions
• Access knowledge from industry experts who understand the purchasing processes, contract process, unique language, acronyms and technologies specific to the market
Shaping the Grid of the Future
Wesco is committed to helping utilities, IOUs, municipalities, co-ops and renewable power generators meet customer expectations for the grid of the future in terms of reliability, power quality, integration of more renewable energy, data security and resiliency.
Our expertise with federal programs and regulations can help optimize grid modernization planning and investments with a variety of value-added capabilities:
• Business strategy
• Capital sourcing
• Cybersecurity and data protection
• Data and analytics
• Enterprise resource planning
• Financial audits and assurance
• Incentive advisory
• Internal audits
• IT compliance and security
• Project finance
• Rate design
• Regulatory compliance
• Transaction advisory
• Workforce and succession planning
• Work order asset management
Renewables
Wesco’s Grid Services and Government Teams can help accelerate planning, budgeting, technology evaluation and engineering decisions to ensure that modern grid investments will support the growth in renewable resources while delivering energy efficiency. Wesco is positioned to support the future growth of several new energy-related platforms by delivering smart technology solutions to utility networks and communities. We are the distributor of choice for utilities, contractors and EPCs seeking full project scope and streamlined material management solutions for renewable energy projects.
• Battery storage
• EV charging
• Microgrid
• Solar
• Wind
Looking for a Reliable and Experienced Turnkey Solutions Provider?
At Wesco, our grid services and solutions are considered core competencies. We have built our reputation in the industry for having the expertise to meet or exceed our customer’s requirements and expectations.
Whether for a large infrastructure project, data center, industrial complex, renewable energy integration or EV charging solutions and infrastructure, we deliver the expertise, products, services and solutions to help you meet your goals, enhance efficiencies and improve profitability.