The Chicago & Cook County Chapter, NECA and the Northeastern Illinois Chapter, NECA are proud to present a seminar called, “A VDVNA Review of the 2021 Revisions” on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The program will be be held at the Drake Oak Brook Hotel. The VDVNA Review is intended to be a summary of items an employer should know when securing a project and utilizing the VDVNA. Please click on the link for details regarding this complimentary program for all NECA members. Please visit the ECA website at: www.ecachicago.com to register. Use COMP Code: NECA MEMBER when registering.

NECA Education has opened up two more virtual Basic Estimating classes! Classes will run June 16^th to July 1st with morning and afternoon sessions.

Registration for all sessions are available here:

In January 2021, the ELECTRI Council voted to fund research to help identify ELECTRI’s path going forward.  ELECTRI’s stated mission is to fund, coordinate, and monitor the EC industry’s most critical research. ELECTRI needs to know how they are doing on fulfilling their mission. In every area of our lives, we are in the midst of rapid change. Trillions of dollars will be spent over the coming decades transitioning energy, transportation, building, and industrial systems to a more sustainable, more resilient and more distributed configuration. Electrical contractors must be prepared to meet this demand -- or others will. This is our time and our turn to get it right. With so much on the line, we should be prepared to answer some tough questions. Your strong level of participation in this survey and your responses will ensure ELECTRI’s researchers can learn from as many of our EC member companies as possible.

The NECA NOW Conference registration is now open! Please click on the link below for more information / registration.

As a reminder, The ECA Executive Committee approved the educational stipends of the Registration fees for up to two representatives of participating ECA member firms for the NECA Safety Professionals Conference on May 25 - 26, 2021. All stipends / reimbursements are made after each conference with registration confirmation(s) forwarded to ECA.

On Wednesday, the House passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 1319 – the America Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This bill was passed through the budget reconciliation process and is the fifth COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress since the start of the pandemic, last year. The bill authorizes $1.9 trillion on PRO Act. As a reminder, NECA remains neutral on the PRO Act. Read about the full provisions here and an update from NECA's Capitol Hill team.