Customer Testimonial: City Light & Power

When City Light & Power gets a new contract, time is of the essence. The Denver, Colorado, based company maintains utility grids on military bases across the country, in addition to other projects such as municipal contracts for street lighting and utility construction.

The company holds contracts on 10 military instillations across the country and with each contract comes a need for new crews, tools and equipment—all in a set transition period.

“When we get awarded one of these contracts, it’s essentially a brand new business,” said Tony Lecara, City Light & Power vice president. “We typically don’t have a footprint in the state we get. We’re going out and hiring folks, and we have to start tooling up and getting equipment. We have a transition period and once it finishes, we have to be ready to go for any outages to occur.”

To make it happen, City Light & Power utilizes the total Altec value, including equipment, tools, service and financing.

“It allows a small operation like us to operate as if we have twice the employees,” said Walt Jones, purchasing and fleet manager. “The partnership we have forged with Altec is like adding headcount to your team to get the job done.”

Every step of the way

When Marty Maxfield, CFO, joined City Light & Power, the company ran a request for proposal to consolidate its fleet. Many factors went into CLP’s decision to choose Altec. Altec’s family-owned attitude and core values was something the leadership team at City Light & Power related to, and Altec’s ability to provide services to the company at bases across the country was invaluable.

“From my standpoint, it was an easy decision,” Maxfield said. “When you get a culture fit like that, when you get the attention you need when growing the busines and making an acquisition like that … You get the service that’s imperative in the business we’re in, and a focus on safety was important as well.”

For each new contract, Altec works with City Light & Power every step of the way. Altec Supply helps the company get the tools it needs for its equipment, organizing it by pallet so that it’s easy for crews to stock on the truck. Much of the company’s investment has been financed through Altec Capital, and Altec’s Service team is available nationwide for maintenance and repairs. When rental equipment is needed, City Light & Power has worked with Global Rental to meet those needs.

“It’s an amazing network of support, and I can’t be successful unless I have that type of partner I can rely on—and I do,” Jones said. “We are so time critical on some of these projects. We have a specific date we have to hit, and a monumental amount of things have to be done by that date. Everything that Altec has said they would do within the time needed, they did.”

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