Uns Electric, Inc.

Uns Electric, Inc. is a foreign-owned, for-profit electric utility company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, that has been registered with the federal government since November 2003. The company specializes in providing critical electrical infrastructure and utility services to federal facilities and installations along the U.S.-Mexico border region, including wastework treatment plants, dams, and federal field offices. With over two decades of experience managing federal electrical utility contracts in the southwestern border region, Uns Electric has established itself as a strategic partner for federal agencies requiring reliable power delivery to remote and essential border operations.

Through federal prime contracts, Uns Electric has consistently delivered electrical utility services to support critical infrastructure in Arizona. The company has received nine prime purchase order contracts totaling approximately $7.9 million from two principal federal agencies: the International Boundary and Water Commission U.S.-Mexico and the Smithsonian Office of the Chief Financial Officer. Contracts from the International Boundary and Water Commission have funded electrical services for multiple border facilities, including the Nogales Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Nogales and Morillo Dam facilities in Rio Rico, Arizona, with individual contract values ranging from $1.0 million to $1.8 million and completion dates spanning from fiscal years 2022 through 2026. The Smithsonian Institution awarded four utility purchase orders totaling approximately $886,000 for electrical service provision in Tucson and border region facilities. All contracts were structured as firm fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designations, and Uns Electric performed all work directly without utilizing subcontractors, demonstrating its capacity to independently execute federal projects of significant scale and operational complexity.

Uns Electric received a substantial prime federal grant award from the Department of Energy under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, effective January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029. This project grant, valued at approximately $177.9 million, funds the Santa Cruz County Reliability and Capacity Improvement Project, which aims to enhance the resilience and capacity of the transmission system serving Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The initiative addresses multiple strategic objectives, including driving economic expansion within disadvantaged communities, enhancing transmission system resilience through both existing and new assets, creating a transmission loop to strengthen regional electric grid connections in southern Arizona while removing capacity constraints on the existing radial line, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels to address peak load demand. This grant award positions Uns Electric as a lead implementer of critical infrastructure modernization within the southwestern United States and underscores the company's strategic importance to federal grid resilience and economic development initiatives in disadvantaged border communities.