Statewide coverage
Electrical wire and cable buyers in Georgia
One buying desk for the whole state, organised by the two things that decide a review: what the material is, and where it sits. Start with the family, then the region.
- Utility and high voltage
- Plants and mills
- Contractors and demolition
01Utility and high voltage
Transmission, substation and distribution
The technical half of the market: bare overhead conductor, station bus and grounding, shielded cable from 5 kV to 500 kV, and the paper-insulated and pipe-type cable that predates all of it.
- Transmission conductorBare overhead conductor from 69 kV through 500 kV lines
- ACSR conductorAluminium conductor steel reinforced, distribution to transmission
- AAAC and ACAR conductorAll-aluminium alloy and aluminium conductor alloy reinforced
- OPGW and ADSSOptical ground wire and all-dielectric self-supporting fibre
- Substation bus wireBus, jumper, strain bus and station post conductor
- Grounding grid conductorBare copper, copperweld and ground grid wire
- Static and guy wireShield wire, overhead ground wire, guy strand and anchor rod
- Distribution conductorPrimary and secondary overhead distribution conductor
- Covered and spacer cableTree wire, covered conductor and aerial spacer cable
- 69 kV cableSubtransmission cable and 69 kV shielded power cable
- 115 kV cableHigh-voltage shielded cable for 115 kV substation and feeder work
- 230 kV cable230 kV underground and substation cable
- 345 kV cable345 kV cable, terminations and accessory lots
- 500 kV cable500 kV cable and EHV accessory packages
- PILC cablePaper-insulated lead-covered cable, in service or abandoned
- HPFF pipe-type cableHigh-pressure fluid-filled pipe-type cable systems
- Medium voltage cable5 kV to 35 kV shielded power cable
- Switchgear and padmount cableCable released with switchgear, padmounts and reclosers
- Riser and lead cableSubstation riser, transformer lead and jumper cable
- Cable in conduitCIC and pre-assembled conduit cable lots
- Submarine cableSubaqueous and river-crossing cable
- Utility surplusReleased stock, obsolete standards and cancelled orders
- Reconductor and removed conductorConductor pulled during reconductor and upgrade work
- Storm-damage conductorSalvaged conductor, downed line and storm stock
- Decommissioned substationBus, cable, ground grid and steel from retired stations
- Mill shutdown surplusCable and conductor released by a mill or plant shutdown
- Transformer lead cableLead cable, bus bar and connections released with transformers
02Materials and situations
Plant, contractor and demolition cable
The other half: building wire, tray and control cable, welding lead, portable cord, and the circumstances — cancelled projects, liquidations, overstock — that put it on the market.
- THHN and THWN wire600 V nylon-jacketed building wire
- XHHW and XHHW-2 wireCross-linked polyethylene building wire
- MC cableMetal-clad and HCF armoured cable
- AC cableArmoured cable with a bonded aluminium ground
- SER and SEU cableService entrance cable, 600 V
- NM-B cableNon-metallic sheathed cable
- URD cableUnderground residential distribution cable
- USE-2 cableUnderground service entrance cable
- Tray cableTC and TC-ER, 600 V to 2 kV
- Welding cableFlexible single-conductor lead cable
- SOOW cordPortable rubber cord, 600 V
- Submersible pump cableWell and pump drop cable
- Bare copperBare, tinned and stranded copper conductor
- Control cableMulti-conductor control cable, 600 V
- Instrumentation cableMulti-pair instrument and thermocouple cable
- VFD cableVariable-frequency drive cable with symetrical grounds
- Feeder cableLarge-conductor power feeder
- Aluminium wireAluminium building, feeder and service wire
- Copper wireCopper building wire, feeder and bus
- Solar PV cablePV wire, DC feeder and tracker cable
- Data centre cableCampus feeder, busway and equipment cable
- Fiber optic cableOutside plant and intra-building fibre
- Fire alarm cableFPLR and FPLP fire alarm cable
- High-temperature cableSilicone, fibreglass and MG cable
- Partial reelsPart reels with usable remaining length
- Cancelled project cableCable bought for work that never started
- Plant liquidation cableCable released in a plant liquidation
- Demolition cableCable recovered during demolition
- Warehouse overstockExcess stock and dead inventory
- Contractor leftoversLeftover reels from completed jobs
- Mixed lotsUnsorted lots of mixed cable and conductor
03Cities and regions
Where the material sits
Georgia’s cable does not come from one kind of place. Dalton generates dye-line and drive cable, Savannah generates port and paper mill material, Albany generates food plant instrumentation, and Atlanta generates everything a data hall and a transmission rebuild produce.
Metro Atlanta
Transmission and substation work, data-centre fit-outs and the commercial construction that follows both.
Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, Clayton, Henry, Douglas, Fayette, Cherokee, Coweta
Coastal Georgia and Savannah
Port, rail, paper, military and marine work from the Savannah River down to the Florida line.
Chatham, Glynn, Liberty, Bryan, Effingham, Camden, McIntosh, Ware
Middle Georgia
Kaolin, food processing, aircraft maintenance and the I-16 and I-75 corridors.
Bibb, Houston, Baldwin, Laurens, Twiggs, Jones, Monroe, Peach
Southwest Georgia
Peanut and food plants, textile legacy, the Kia supplier belt and irrigation loads.
Dougherty, Muscogee, Lowndes, Thomas, Sumter, Decatur, Lee, Tift
Northeast Georgia
Carpet and floorcovering, poultry, pump and equipment plants, and the I-85 corridor.
Clarke, Hall, Whitfield, Floyd, Habersham, Jackson, Barrow, Walton
West Georgia and Columbus
The Kia supplier cluster, wire manufacturing and the Chattahoochee Valley's industrial base.
Troup, Muscogee, Harris, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether
04Questions
Georgia coverage questions
Which parts of Georgia does the desk cover?
Every county. Metro Atlanta, Coastal Georgia, Middle Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Northeast Georgia and West Georgia each have a regional hub, and lots outside those cities are covered from the nearest one.
What is the difference between the material pages and the city pages?
The material pages describe a cable family — what it is, how it is identified and how it is reviewed. The city pages describe a local market — what that town generates, who holds it and how a truck reaches it.
Can a mixed lot from several buildings be sold as one?
Yes, priced as a mixed lot. Keeping families separate — conductor apart from cable, medium voltage apart from building wire — is the cheapest improvement a seller can make before a review.
Do you buy from electrical contractors as well as utilities?
Yes. Contractor leftovers, partial reels from completed jobs and warehouse overstock are reviewed on the same basis as plant material, and often make up the best-documented lots.
One desk, every region
Send the county and the nearest town if the lot is not in a listed city — access is planned from there.