National Electrical Contractors Association Inc

About This Association

The industry itself can be said to have been born in 1879 when Thomas Alva Edison changed the course of history by introducing a successful carbon incandescent lamp. Many of the first electrical contractors rose from the ranks of employment in the Edison Electric Illuminating Companies that were formed around the country. Other early contractors began by working for the telephone companies or for the forerunners of public utilities, which were set up to power electric street cars. As far as can be determined, the first official electrical contracting business opened shop in New York City in 1882. Soon, hundreds of other electrical contracting companies sprung up in major cities across the continent.

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