Sumter Utilities, Inc. is well-equipped and staffed to undertake any of your high voltage substation construction requirements.  Sumter Utilities, Inc. has been constructing and modifying substations for approximately half of a century under the names of the two companies that were merged in 2001 to form Sumter Utilities, Inc. (Sumter Builders, Inc. and Utilities Construction Company of South Carolina, Inc.) and under the name of Sumter Utilities, Inc. itself.  Sumter Utilities, Inc. has a great deal of experience in constructing and modifying high voltage substations, both transmission substations and distribution substations, through 230kv.  Quanta Services, Inc., our parent company, provides Sumter Utilities, Inc. with complete EPC capability.

          Overhead transmission lines distribute the majority of electrical energy to operating systems. To ensure your system’s needs are met, you need a dependable company with years of experience in transmission work. You need a company that is trained to keep up with the demands of the future and that company is Sumter Utilities Inc. Sumter Utilities Inc., a Quanta Company, is one of the strongest utility companies in the south with experience and expertise to match the demands of the job.  We specialize in all aspects of transmission work including the maintenance, new construction, and energized work. Sumter Utilities has the capabilities and experience of working energized transmission which reduces outages and increases revenue for the customer. Sumter Utilities Inc. is a company that can be counted on to help meet the needs of today and the growth of tomorrow.

          Since 1945, the crews of Sumter Utilities and its predecessor companies have built and maintained electric distribution lines throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean.  Our fully trained and equipped crews perform all types of distribution construction including:

• Overhead construction and maintenance

• Underground construction and maintenance

• Primary voltage conversions

• Underground cable replacement

• Pole replacements, circuit reconductoring, and other circuit rehabilitation

• Line relocations in preparation for road widening projects

• Make-ready work for communication infrastructure

• Outdoor lighting installation and maintenance

• Directional boring

• Emergency storm restoration

          Our customer base represents the cross-section of the electric utility industry – investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and government and industrial operators.  For each of our customers, Sumter Utilities provides a safe, productive workforce customized for the workload needs.  Whether reconductoring a three-phase circuit or installing guy insulators, a Sumter Utilities crew gets the work done safely, efficiently, and on-time!

          Sumter Utilities, Inc  is available to respond at any time for emergency storm restoration. We are capable of mobilizing immediately with a modern, well maintained fleet that includes distribution and transmission equipment and a well trained experienced work force. We also have specialty equipment that includes flex track mounted digger derricks and buckets for both distribution and transmission applications.