Aerial Lifts – Versalift to Meet Growing Demand Faster than the Competition
Aerial lifts are an ordinary sight in North America – we see them every day as we drive to and from work, on the side of road, supporting technicians who are restoring power, changing lighting or signage, or any number of tasks that require the ability to elevate a trained technician. Ongoing maintenance, and updates to support administrative changes, usually will keep electric power distribution fleets busy, but increasing demand, significant changes to the energy generation and transmission industries, and natural disasters are contributing to increased demand for insulated, vehicle-mounted aerial lifts.
Versalift has been focused on improving its manufacturing efficiencies, and so is able to quote faster delivery on ordered aerial lifts.
Versalift has been focused on improving its manufacturing efficiencies, and so is able to quote earlier delivery on ordered aerial lifts. This is a clear advantage that Versalift has in the market. Please contact your Versalift distributor to learn about our existing Ready-To-Go inventory, or to learn more about aerial lifts that are mounted and upfitted to your specifications.
Aerial Lifts – Increasing Demand Across North America
Aerial lift demand continues to balloon across North America, as major planned infrastructure projects relating to updating and modernizing electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems are underway. Additionally, Investor-Owned Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives continue to deepen consumer and business access to consistent electric power in every North American community. Not only is electricity a fundamental tool that creates and empowers economic activity, the United States electric power industry is directly responsible for employing more than 2.7 million people. More than this though, is the fact that seven million American jobs are tied to the electric power generation, transmission and distribution industries, through closely linked businesses that service and support operators.
Significant Ongoing Changes to the Electric Power Industry
Aerial lifts are built to service elevated physical plant, whether it is for electric power, wind turbine blade maintenance, telecommunications tasks or visual communication. The versatility of Versalift aerial lifts makes them valuable to fleet organizations such as Investor Owned Utilities and Rural Electric Co-ops. Versalift is the right choice for organizations working to address the ongoing changes and the new technologies that are coming to the Electric Power Industry.
Insulated aerial lifts built by Versalift make high reach tasks in the Electric Utility safer. Some industry trends that will shape the electric power industry in 2019 include:
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The growth of Distributed Energy Resources, which will continue to expand the influence of Rural Electric Cooperatives
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Grid modernization and the application of Performance-based Utility Metrics, which will require equipment updates
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Regulators will be focused on maintaining consistent service and pricing, which will require IOUs and RECs to continue delivering efficient and competitive services
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The growth of renewable sources of energy, including wind and solar projects, which will power strong demand for high-reach aerial work platforms.
Aerial Lifts and Their Role in Rebuilding After Disasters
Aerial lifts are going to continue to play an important role in the regions of the United States and its neighbors, which were badly damaged in 2018 by fires, flooding and hurricanes. The recovery efforts that are taking place in California, Puerto Rico, Coastal North Carolina, the Florida Panhandle and the entire Houston metropolitan area are enormous in scale. Restoring power and data to the millions of people who live in these places has cost hundreds of thousands of hours and billions of dollars. Eventually, overhead power lines will be restored by linemen, engineers and other technicians, and these afflicted communities will return to their lives.
