by Doug Chandler January 26th, 2012
Seems the new branch they opened in Lincoln, Neb., last week wasn’t all Graybar, St. Louis, had in the works. The distributor will open a branch in Joplin, Mo., on Jan. 30. The facility, with a staff of three full-time employees, is located at 1705 S. Main St., and will stock local inventory with daily deliveries from Graybar’s Springfield, Mo., location. Area Manager Stephen Wallace will lead the branch operations. The new facility will serve the cities of Joplin, Webb City, Carthage, Neosho, Carl Junction and the counties of Newton and Jasper.
“We’ve been serving the Joplin area out of our Springfield location for some time and are excited to bring a higher level of service to our customers with this new branch,” said Graybar’s St. Louis District Vice President Mike Dumas.
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by Jim Lucy January 24th, 2012
Harold Kerman, 91, Former CEO of Steiner Electric Co., Elk Grove Village, Ill., passed away earlier this week. He was the husband of Joan Barbara (née Steiner) Kerman; son of the late George and Frieda Kerman; father of Robert J. (Diane) Kerman and Richard (Carol) Kerman; and grandfather of John (Aga) Kerman, Kyle Pucek, Joseph Kerman, Laura Jane (Eric) Meyer, Jacob, Adam, Jason Zimmerly and Josh Kerman; and special friend of Dale and Jeff Izenstark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Harold Myron Kerman’s memory may be made to a charity of your choice. Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 4 – 8 pm at Weinstein Funeral Home, 111 Skokie Boulevard, Wilmette, IL 60091, 847-256-5700. Funeral service will be held the following day, Thursday, January 26, 11:00 am also at Weinstein Funeral Home. Interment will immediately follow at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL.
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by Jim Lucy January 24th, 2012
Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp., filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) a three-year plan that includes a portfolio of energy efficiency programs that it says will make it the largest such plan in the state of Missouri. The expenditures for the new programs will be approximately twice the size of the utility company’s previous energy efficiency programs.
The programs include energy-efficiency investments of approximately $145 million over three years, beginning early Jan. 2013. These investments are expected to result in approximately $500 million in total customer benefits over the next 20 years. Annual energy savings are expected to be nearly 800 million kilowatt-hours, which is equal to the energy consumption of more than 60,000 average Missouri homes annually.
The utility’s current Business Energy Efficiency Incentive Program is effective Jan. 3-May 31, and provides incentives for the purchase and installation of energy-efficient equipment such as compact fluorescent lamps, LED exit signs, occupancy sensors and T8 lamps. The program has a limited energy savings goal and once the goal has been met, the program will stop taking applications.
Steve Barker, vice president of sales, Villa Lighting Supply Inc., said in a press release about the new program that his company has had success working with Ameren’s previous energy programs. “”Villa Lighting had great success in utilizing Ameren Missouri’s program,” he said. “Through the program, we were able to work with many customers to install hundreds of thousands of dollars of lighting upgrades, many of which enabled customers to reduce their lighting-related energy consumption by as much as 40 percent.”
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by Jim Lucy January 24th, 2012
 According to this article posted at www.seekingalpha.com, R&D for fuel cells is ahead of schedule at some auto manufacturers, but they still have miles to go before they can mass produce new cars powered by fuel cells. Most major auto manufacturers reportedly want to launch fuel cell-powered cars by 2015. Honda, one of the early leaders in fuel cell development for automobiles, launched its FCX Clarity FCEV
(pictured here) for commercial use on a limited basis in Southern California in 2008. The car, which has a driving range of approximately 240 miles, was designed from the ground up to be a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle that runs on electricity and emits only water vapor and heat into the air.
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by Jim Lucy January 23rd, 2012
 Otto Buche executive V.P., will retire Jan. 31. He started with the company as a purchasing agent in the Lawrence, Ks., branch in 1978, and subsequently served as Lawrence branch manager, regional manager, vice president of purchasing and vendor relations and finally as executive vice president. Prior to his employment at Stanion, Buche spent seven years teaching high school history and coaching football, basketball, track and baseball.
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by Jim Lucy January 23rd, 2012
Border States Electric, Fargo, N.D., is consolidating resources in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and will close its McAllen and Weslaco branches on Ja. 26, according to a company press release. The release says the change will increase the number of employees, build up inventory, and augment the delivery fleet in the company’s Brownsville, Edinburg and Harlingen, Texas, locations to enhance customer service.
“We believe consolidating resources in Brownsville, Edinburg and Harlingen will allow us to better serve our customers and expand our service offering in the Rio Grande Valley,” said Tammy Miller, CEO, in the press statement.
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by Jim Lucy January 23rd, 2012
This podcast previews this month’s EW features articles on Ken Hooper’s vision for NEMRA and how the cloud-based RepFiles content management system will help reps and other salespeople use their tablet computers more effectively on sales calls.
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by Jim Lucy January 20th, 2012
Home Depot, Atlanta, purchased RedBeacon, Mateo, Calif., an online home services platform connecting consumers with contractors for their home maintenance, repair and remodeling needs. Electrical work is one of these services.
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by Jim Lucy January 19th, 2012
Several distributorships that State Electric Supply Co., Huntington, W. Va., purchased over the years will now carry the company’s name. Shepherd Electric Supply Group, Raleigh, N.C.; Ligon Electric Supply Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Tolley Electric Co., Clarksburg, W. Va.; will now be known as State Electric Supply Co. Ligon Electric has been part of the State Electric family since 1992 and Shepherd Supply Group since 2007. Both companies supply products to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers throughout North Carolina. Tolley Electric Co. joined the State Electric family in 1986.
Founded in 1952, State Electric Supply is ranked #15 on Electrical Wholesaling’s listing of the Top 200 electrical distributors. The company expanded from its first location in Huntington to a network of 40 branches in six states. Fourteen of the forty branches are located in the state of North Carolina.
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by Doug Chandler January 18th, 2012
The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger is reporting that Stuart M. Irby, former president of Stuart C. Irby Co., was found dead in his home yesterday. He was 58. The paper says his death is considered a suicide. He guided the company, founded by his grandfather, from 1984 to 2005, when it was sold to Sonepar.
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