Massachusetts · Statewide
Massachusetts Electrical Equipment Buyers
We purchase switchgear, generators, transformers, substations, panelboards, breakers, MCCs and copper cable across Massachusetts, and we perform the de-energized removal ourselves.
Same-day written offer
Get a Written Offer
Send the asset list, or just describe what is in the room. We come back the same business day with a written, itemized offer.
Faster: call 954-740-1983
Email an asset list to electricalequipmentbuyers@gmail.com
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET. We never resell your contact information.
- State
- Massachusetts
- Cities
- 39
- Utilities
- Eversource, National Grid, Unitil,
- Corridors
- I-90 and the Mass Pike, I-95 and R
- Offer
- Same business day
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
Process
How Massachusetts jobs actually run
Utility territory matters here more than most owners expect: Eversource, National Grid, Unitil, municipal light departments each have their own disconnect and metering process, and the sequence of who de-energizes what is usually the longest lead item on the schedule.
Freight is the other half. We route Massachusetts work along I-90 and the Mass Pike, I-95 and Route 128, I-93 and I-495, which is what keeps trailer and crew cost predictable on a quote instead of padded.
Massachusetts runs on conversion. The mill complexes along the Merrimack at Lowell and Lawrence, the Blackstone Valley around Worcester, and the Connecticut River corridor at Springfield and Holyoke are being turned into apartments, labs and light industry, and the electrical scope that comes out of a converted mill is often a century of accumulated switchgear, busway and transformers in one building. Add the biotech and lab build-out along Route 128 and in Cambridge, which retires perfectly serviceable switchboards and distribution gear on tenant-fit cycles rather than at end of life, plus the teaching hospitals and universities replacing emergency power systems. Municipal light departments are a real feature here — many towns own their distribution, so clearance procedures vary town to town and we plan for it rather than being surprised by it.
Primary hubs
Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell and New Bedford — but coverage is statewide, including rural substation and mine sites.
Equipment
What we buy in Massachusetts
Bus Plugs
Fusible and circuit-breaker bus plugs by the unit or by the pallet — 30 A through 1,200 A, all major busway systems, any vintage.
30 A – 1,200 A fusible and breakerBus Duct & Busway
Plug-in and feeder busway runs, elbows, tees, end boxes and cable-tap sections — copper or aluminum, 225 A through 5,000 A, removed by our own crews.
225 A – 5,000 A runsElectrical Switchgear
We buy low- and medium-voltage switchgear line-ups out of live plants, substations and buildings scheduled for demolition — metal-clad, metal-enclosed, drawout and fixed-mount.
480 V – 38 kV, up to 5,000 AGenerators
Diesel and natural-gas gensets from 100 kW through 3 MW — enclosed, open-skid, trailer-mounted and sub-base tank units, with or without their transfer switches.
100 kW – 3 MW diesel and gasTransformers
Pad-mount, dry-type, cast-coil, unit substation and liquid-filled power transformers from 75 kVA through 50 MVA, including units still energized on the pad.
75 kVA – 50 MVAPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution panels, safety switches and disconnects — loaded with breakers or empty, one panel or a whole building's worth.
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Surplus and reclaimed copper and aluminum wire and cable — full spools, partial spools, off-spool coils and cable pulled out of cancelled jobs.
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMCircuit Breakers
Molded-case, insulated-case, low-voltage power and medium-voltage vacuum and air-magnetic breakers — single units, pallets and full sets pulled from a line-up.
15 A – 6,000 A framesMotor Control Centers
Complete MCC line-ups, individual vertical sections, starter buckets and VFD sections — low voltage and medium voltage, any generation.
MCC line-ups, buckets, VFD sectionsSubstations
Complete unit substations and outdoor station equipment — primary switch, transformer, secondary switchgear, structures, bus and relaying, bought as one lot.
Complete unit and station substationsTransfer Switches
Automatic and manual transfer switches, bypass-isolation switches and paralleling gear, 100 A through 4,000 A, pulled with or without their generators.
100 A – 4,000 A ATSCapacitors & Power Quality
Fixed and automatically switched capacitor banks, harmonic filters, reactors and power-factor correction equipment, indoor and outdoor.
50 kVAR – 10 MVARComplete Plant Lots
When a plant closes, we buy the entire electrical scope as one lot — substation to receptacle — and we do the teardown and loading at our cost.
Whole-facility electrical scopeCoverage
All 39 Massachusetts cities we cover
Other desks
Buyer desks
Common questions
Massachusetts questions
Do you provide documentation for surplus property or audit records?
Yes. Itemized purchase agreements, weight tickets, bills of lading, oil disposal manifests and recycling documentation are standard on Massachusetts purchases. Public agencies and audited facilities get the paperwork their process requires without having to ask twice.
Do you actually buy electrical equipment in Massachusetts, or just broker it?
We buy it. Northeast Electrical Buyers is the purchaser of record — we fund the purchase, send our own crews to Massachusetts to disconnect and load, and take title when the equipment leaves your dock. There is no third party behind us waiting to approve the price.
What is the smallest job you will take in Massachusetts?
A single transformer, one switchgear section, a pallet of breakers or a few boxes of breakers is worth a call. Because we route crews across Massachusetts continuously, small Massachusetts pickups usually get added to an existing run rather than priced as a dedicated trip.
How fast can you get to a Massachusetts site?
Written offers go out the same business day in nearly every case. After acceptance, typical mobilization to Massachusetts is a few business days for a straightforward removal and one to two weeks for a full plant scope that needs phasing, rigging plans or utility coordination.
Do we have to disconnect the equipment before you arrive?
No. We handle removal. Your electrician or the utility performs the final isolation and we verify it; from there our crews lock out, cut and cap cable at the gland, unbolt the sections, skate them out and load them. If the Massachusetts room is still partly live we phase the work.
Equipment sitting in Massachusetts?
Send photos or a list. We reply the same business day.