The Supplier

A Quarterly Publication

of

Western United Electric

Supply Corporation

Headquarters

100 Bromley

Business Pkwy

Brighton, CO 80603

Phone (303) 659-2356

Toll Free (800) 748-3116

FAX (303) 659-8598

New Mexico Branch

7535 2nd Street Bldg D

Albuquerque, NM 87107

WESTERN UNITED

MISSION STATEMENT

To be the distributor of

choice for all electric

utilities in the Rocky

Mountain Region

Serving CO, WY, NM,

NE, UT, AZ & KS

Volume 6, Issue 3 October 2013

Western United Electric Supply Corporation

The Supplier

Happy Holidays

It is with pleasure that we pause from the usual routine of busi-ness to say Thank You for your friendship, goodwill and loyalty.

May the happiness and good cheer of the holiday season be with you and yours throughout the year to come.

Holiday Schedule

WUE Offices will be Closed

Thursday November 28th - Thanksgiving Day

Friday November 29th - Day after Thanksgiving

Wednesday December 25th - Christmas Day

Wednesday January 1st - New Years Day

Mountain States Sub-Station

WUE UPDATE

Patronage checks and certificates totaling over $2.5M (based on member purchases for the period

from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013) have been mailed to all members. The staff at WUE thanks

you for all of your support. Where else can you buy overhead and underground construction material or

required tools at competitive prices, shipped out of the two WUE warehouses and delivered weekly by

WUE trucks directly to your warehouse PLUS receive a year end refund on your purchases. ONLY AT

WUE!

Ermco, a cooperatively owned manufacturer of transformers has again extended capital credits to WUE

for purchases of transformers during calendar year 2012.

EUDA members (other coop owned suppliers including General Pacific, Resco, Texas Electric, Arkansas

Electric, United Utility Supply, Gresco, Tema and Ceeus) met in late September to converse with

selected vendors, discuss mutual concerns and address individual company and group projects.

Duncan Valley Electric in Duncan, AZ is now a participant in WUE's inventory management pro-

gram. They are the first cooperative from Arizona to participate in the program.

Graham County Electric Coop in Pima, AZ has joined WUE as WUE's 58th member. All members enjoy

the benefits of competitive pricing, having required construction material stocked in WUE warehouses,

fast delivery, superior service and annual capital credits.

Dave Cummins has joined the Albuquerque office as an account manager providing service to

customers in the western half of New Mexico and all of Arizona.

Adam Tomczak has joined the Albuquerque office as a distribution sales specialist

WUE has been approved as a distributor for the Jameson Company and the Dottie Company.

Your WUE account manager will be promoting their products.

WUE has also been approved as an Okonite distributor for selected accounts in New Mexico and

Arizona and now has an inventory of Okonite cable at our New Mexico facility. Additionally, American

Electric has approved WUE as a distributor in New Mexico.

WUE has negotiated a substantially better price for Hendrix polymer

insulators. The insulators are now more competitively priced as compared to

porcelain. See your WUE account manager for more information.

New Products Update

Vaughn, a manufacturer of high efficiency water heaters, is

entering the rural electric coop market and has placed on

consignment at Western United an inventory of appropriate

water heaters to facilitate easy shipments to member

coops. The Vaughn water heater differs from Rheem/

Marathon in that the unit has increased insulation, a steel

panel and cement lining between the heated water and

the outside plastic jacket. The unit has a 10 year warranty.

New Products Update

Durham has introduced a tin plated copper extension

bar that enables 600V secondary cables that may be

too short to be connected inside three phase transform-

ers. The extension bar is slotted to allow for flexible

height adjustment and contains the standard NEMA

spacing, although

other configurations

are also available.

Request P/N 902166

when ordering from

your WUE inside sales

representative.

Cresatech (a new company currently developing solutions for the electric utility

industry) has introduced a new system (CuTS) designed to notify electric utility

personnel if there is any disconnection or removal of the grounding infrastructure

inside of a substation. The system sounds an alarm/light on site and/or notifies

the utility's office of any changes that occur in the substation system's inductance

(which indicates someone is trying to steal the copper grounding infrastruc-

ture). An on-going pilot test is being conducted on one of Mountain View Electric

Coop's substation sites in cooperation with Tri State Electric personnel. The test to

date has resulted in several product improvements and has verified the integrity/

viability of the new product. Please see your WUE account managers for more

information or for a technical presentation.

New Products Update

Burndy continues to introduce products that assist the lineman. Their new FASTAP

connector line introduces three unique features to the standard parallel groove

clamp: spring-loaded lineman assist, duckbill handles and conductor side-entry

capability. These three features work in concert to improve the installation speed,

safety and reliability of the connection. The installation begins when the lineman

squeezes the duckbill handle to enable the tap conductor to be side loaded into

the connector. This side-entry feature enables faster insertion of the tap conduc-

tor without removing any of the prefilled oxide inhibitor that is necessary for a

reliable connection. The innovative

spring assist then acts as a third hand by

providing a constant force on the tap

conductor and securing it. Using the

duckbill as a guide, the lineman then

snaps FASTAP onto the conductor,

tightens it, and the connection is com-

plete. The entire process takes literally

only seconds which is particularly

important during storm restorations.

Contact your WUE account manager for a demonstration.

New Products Update Hubbell continues to enhance utility sys-

tem reliability and safety with their new

parking stand lightning arrester. The de-

vice is a gapless MOV surge arrester de-

signed to provide shielded dead-front ar-

rester protection for 15KV URD sys-

tems. The parking stand arrester limits

overvoltage to acceptable levels, thus pro-

tecting equipment and extending its

life. The arrester is installed at the end of

a radial system or at both ends of an open

point in a loop circuit and will provide ex-

cellent protection against high-voltage

surges resulting from lightning or switch-

ing. Fully shielded and submersible, it

takes up less space than a feed-thru and

elbow arrester combination. See you

WUE account manager for more infor-

mation.

3M Dynatel, a leader in cable/

secondary fault locators has introduced

a new series 7500 cable/pipe/fault/

EMS Tape locators. The new locators

employ the same unique 3M technology

that allows for the unit to be used for

multiple types of locations. The unit

has 10 frequencies, either direct con-

nect or induction, ohm meter, depth

measurement, rechargeable battery kit,

240V protection and 600V secondary

fault detection. See your WUE account

manager for a presentation today.

3M has also introduced a line of 69KV

terminations that compliment their line

of 15/25/35 KV terminations and splic-

es. Faster, simpler installation than

porcelain, field proven cold shrink tech-

nology. Contact your WUE account

manager for a presentation.

Construction Idea

Ermco has been manufacturing a single phase pad mounted transformer (either

15KVA or 25KVA) for Sangre De Cristo Electric Coop for many years that enables

the coop to eliminate the use of a single phase sectionalizing box in new subdivi-

sions. The transformer is manufactured with three primary side bushings thus

allowing for two primary cable taps rather than the traditional singular tap. The

size of the unit is the same as a standard single phase transformer. A 15" high

fiberglass ground sleeve is used under the unit to allow for the additional cable

placement and training.

The unit has a very small

incremental cost and

reduces the added labor

and material to install a

separate sectionalizing box

and junctions. Consumers

like the fact that there is

only one box and not two

boxes in the front or rear

lot lines. Please see your

WUE account manager for

more information (Ermco

quote number 309094).