Continental Energy Solutions

standard of certifications in the solar industry.” Aside from the in-house team, CES relies substantially on CECCo’s almost 500 electricians to scale up its workforce on a variety of projects. “As the largest employer of electricians in the Chicagoland area, we are fortunate to have such a resourceful sister company that can build our projects after we design and develop them,” avers Haug. Despite the company’s young age, it’s been growing fast. In the last three months, it has brought on four new employees, but not without some challenges. Haug admits, “Although there’s a lot of people in the Midwest who know electrical work, not too many know how to work with batteries, solar arrays, and microgrids. We have to do a lot of in-house training to pass this knowledge on to the younger employees coming into the program so they can become project managers, engineers, and drafters.”