Frequently asked questions about Spark Power.

Tesla, ChargePoint, ABB, Siemens, and AddEnergie, with OEM-direct procurement and service partnerships.

Direct OEM relationships, redundant national sourcing, AI-enabled lead-time analytics, and in-house panel shops that build compliant alternatives when OEM lead times don’t fit the project schedule.

Nextracker, GameChange, and ATI, with OEM-approved solar tracker installation experience across utility-scale solar projects (18,615 trackers managed today).

Yes. Spark holds direct relationships with HV breaker, transformer, and switchgear OEMs, with in house Equipment Solutions providing reconditioned MV/HV equipment when shorter lead times are needed.

Yes. In house Equipment Sales division Lizco maintains an extensive MV/HV inventory of transformers, switchgear, fuses, and arresters available for sale, rental, and emergency delivery worldwide.

When an OEM lead time doesn’t fit our schedule, our customized in house ETA system allows us to catch most delays early, limiting surprises, customer contract terms written per critical PO give us cost recovery options in the event that critical path items are delayed. These events give our procurement team the opportunity to showcase their expansive experience with strategic and creative sourcing.

Yes. Owner-supplied equipment interfaces, delivery, storage, and installation interface are a standard scope item, with substitution risk held by Spark through formal technical review.

OEM-direct procurement provides direct warranty support, and Spark coordinates warranty management for the lifecycle of the asset.

Pricing depends on scope. Time-and-materials, unit-rate, lump sum, and full EPC pricing are all available from our in-house estimating team.

Yes. Fixed-price EPC is available for substation, BESS, and low to high voltage construction scopes when the engineering is sufficiently complete to lock the scope.

Long-term service agreements typically include preventive and corrective maintenance, 24/7 monitoring, mobile services dispatch, performance reporting, and emergency response, with scope tailored to each portfolio.

No. Spark works on scopes ranging from single-asset preventive maintenance visits through multi-year EPC and long-term service agreements.

Change orders go through formal scope-change documentation with transparent commercial terms and audit-ready tracking.

Yes. Long-term MSA structures are standard for utility customers; unit-price and time-and-materials structures are supported for distribution and emergency work.

Competitive bidding and approved supplier frameworks are standard for Spark’s utility procurement work.

Yes. Storm restoration and substation fault response for utilities; plant electrical emergency response and shift coverage gap-fill for industrial sites; renewable asset dispatch through the ROC.

Yes, through our in-house division, Lizco. Lizco maintains an extensive MV/HV inventory of transformers, switchgear, fuses, and arresters available for emergency delivery and installation.

Typically, the 24/7 call service will dispatch project lead or the regional Branch Manager, acting as the single customer point of contact through the event.

Yes. Every emergency event closes with a root-cause findings report, as-tested settings, repair actions taken, and recommended preventive actions.

The same NFPA 70E, CSA Z462, NETA ATS/MTS, IEEE, and NERC PRC-005 standards that govern planned work. COR-certified HSE management system applies to every mobilization.