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ALLIED TRADE DIVISION Construction Codes & Licensing ~ MN Dept. of Labor & Industry Dakota County Technical College Dunwoody College of Technology IAEI - Minnesota Chapter J.R.'s Advanced Recyclers Minneapolis Community & Technical College Minnesota Electrical Association Minnesota Municipal Utilities Assn. Minnesota Rural Electric Association NECA - Dakotas Chapter NECA - Minneapolis Chapter NECA - St. Paul Chapter North Central Electrical League North Dakota State College of Science

CONTRACTOR DIVISION

A-1 Electric Service of Waconia Inc. Allgen Power Services & Allied Generators Al's Electric of St. Cloud Inc. Ben Franklin Electric Inc. Bloomington Electric Co. Bonniwell Electric Inc. Central Minnesota Electric Inc. Collins Design Electrical Contractors Inc. Donovan Construction E & M Electric, LLP Egan Company Electrical Builders Inc. (EBI) Electrical Production Services Erickson Electric Company Inc. Fisher Electric of Thief River Falls Fulda Electric Service Inc. Gephart Electric Gilbert Electrical Technologies Hanson Electric of Bemidji Inc. Hauer Brothers Inc. Hunt Electric Corporation Kask Electric Company King Electric Inc. Kline Electric Knobelsdorff Electric Inc. Laketown Electric Corporation Linner Electric Co. McClure Electric Medina Electric Inc. Melrose Electric Inc. NEI Electric Norske Electric Inc. OlympiaTech Electric Orange Energizing Solutions Parsons Electric LLC Prairie Electric Company Prewire Specialists Inc. Ries Electric Company Stinson Electric Inc. T.W. Hipsag Electric Inc. TelCom Construction Inc. Vlaminck Electric Inc. Wedel Electric, LLC

DISTRIBUTOR DIVISION Anixter Arrow Electrical Supply Company B&L Supply, Inc. Border States Collection on 5 Crescent Electric Supply Co. Crum Electric Supply Co. D.S. Electric Supply Inc. DSG - Dakota Supply Group

DISTRIBUTOR DIVISION - Continued

ECHO Electric Supply EESCO / United Electric Supply Gexpro Graybar Electric Company Industrial & Residential Lighting Inc. J.H. Larson Electrical Co. Lapp Tannehill Inc. Muska Lighting QED Electric Supply Viking Electric Supply W.A. Roosevelt Company Werner Electric Supply WESCO Distribution Inc. Winlectric

ENGINEER DIVISION

Advantage Point Group Inc. AKF Group AMEC Barr Engineering Company Brown & Caldwell Burns & McDonnell Cain Thomas Associates, Inc. Design Tree Engineering, Inc. Dolejs Associates Inc. Dunham Associates Inc. Dymax Engineering EDI - Engineering Design Initiative Ellerbe Becket - An AECOM Company Emanuelson-Podas, Inc. Ericksen Ellison & Associates Gausman & Moore Associates, Inc. Hallberg Engineering Inc. HGA Architects & Engineers Horty Elving & Associates, Inc. Independent Engineering PLLC Instrument Control Systems Inc. KFI - Karges-Faulconbridge Inc. Leo A Daly LHB Corporation Lighting Matters Inc. LKPB Engineers MEP Associates LLC Michaud, Cooley, Erickson & Associates Nelson-Rudie & Associates Parallel Technologies Inc. Paulson & Clark Engineers Inc. R. J. Marvin & Associates Inc. RLJK, LLC Sebesta Blomberg & Associates SEH ~ Short-Elliott-Hendrickson Inc. Steen Engineering Inc. Strategic Network Integration TKDA Engineers & Architects TSP, Inc. Unified Theory VAA - Van Sickle, Allen & Associates LLC Wold Architects & Engineers

INSPECTOR & INDIVIDUAL DIVISION

Craig D. Berres Bill Book, PE Timothy Cleven Steve Fick Sarah Greff Mark Halla Al Henslin Scott Hines Dennis Kenison Patrick McMullen Tarry Morse Gary Nereson

INSPECTOR & INDIVIDUAL DIVISION - Continued

Scott Novotny Mark Ringdahl, PE Jim Sabby William Sutherland, PE Ronald Vicento Steve Winckelman

LOW VOLTAGE DIVISION Dakota County Facilities Management & IT Minneapolis Audio-Tronics

MANUFACTURER DIVISION 24-7 Power Inc. 3M Electrical Products A.M.P. Manufacturing and Supply Inc. Action Battery Inc. Acuity Brands Lighting AJB Sales ALD - Architectural Lighting Designs Inc. Alternative Sales & Marketing, LLC American Power + Communications Group Applied Thermal Products Group Arjay Automation Inc. ASCO Power Technologies, LP Beaupre Aerial Equipment Bergstrom-Verbarg Company Brady Corporation BrusacoramUSA, LLC Burndy Bussmann by Eaton Cimperman Sales Inc. Cooper Power Systems by Eaton Core4 Technologies Cretex Concrete Products Cummins NPower, LLC Data Center Systems, Inc. Davis & Associates Inc. Doeren Sales & Associates Dolan-Feldhaus Company Eaton Electrical Eaton's Crouse-Hinds Business ECS - Electric Component Sales Inc. Electrical Solutions & Design Inc. Electro-Mechanical Industries Inc. ElectroTech Inc. EMS Partners, Inc. Energy Product Sales Engineered Products Co. Enlow Companies Inc. ERICO International Focus Lighting & Controls ForesightPower LLC FRESCO Inc. Fruen's Sales Company Gaynor & Associates Inc. General Electric Company Gentex Corporation GNB Industrial Power Grissinger-Johnson Sales HM Cragg Company Hoffman Enclosures Inc. Holophane & American Electric Lighting Hubbell Wiring Devices IDEAL Industries Inc. Infinity Group Ltd. Interstate Power Systems Itron James Power Technologies JSNA Lighting JTH Lighting Alliance Inc. Kartheiser Company Inc. Kohler Company LDPI, Inc. Lee Noonan Company LESCO Inc. Luma Sales Associates Mann & Associates Inc. Milwaukee Electric Tool Minnkota Sales - Div. of Lee Noonan Co.

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MANUFACTURER DIVISION- Continued

Mlazgar Associates Inc. MRL Company MTU Onsite Energy Corp. Neotech Solutions Inc. North Central Sales East NSi Industries, LLC OCC - Optical Cable Corp. Okonite Company OSRAM Sylvania Inc. PCCS Incorporated Philips Lighting North America Pioneer Sales Group Primus Marketing Group Inc. Pro-Tech Power Sales Inc. Protection & Control Solutions, LLC Puk Networks Group Pulse Products RCOM - Rockford Controls of Minnesota Rennebohm Company Rouzer Group Inc. Schneider Electric Siemens Industry, Inc. States Manufacturing - Electrical Solutions Div. TE Connectivity - Energy Division Titan Energy Systems Total Energy Systems, LLC TSR Lighting + Controls Upper Midwest Utility Sales Volco Company Weitzer Sales Ltd. Ziegler Power Systems

UTILITY DIVISION – ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Agralite Cooperative Arrowhead Cooperative BENCO Electric Cooperative Brown County Rural Electrical Association Connexus Energy Cooperative Light & Power Crow Wing Power Dakota Electric Association East Central Energy Federated Rural Electric Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Itasca-Mantrap Cooperative Services Kandiyohi Power Cooperative Lake Country Power Lake Region Electric Cooperative

UTILITY DIVISION – ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE - Continued

McLeod Cooperative Power Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative Nobles Cooperative Electric North Itasca Electric Cooperative Redwood Electric Cooperative Runestone Electric Association South Central Electric Association Stearns Electric Association Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric

UTILITY DIVISION – GENERATION & TRANMISSION COOPERATIVE

Great River Energy

UTILITY DIVISION –

INVESTOR-OWNED ALLETE-Minnesota Power Otter Tail Power Xcel Energy Inc. (MN, ND, SD, WI)

NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS CLUB NCEMC 2014-15 Officers: President – Kurt Eismann, AJB Sales Vice President - Jay Scott, Grissinger-Johnson Sales Secretary - Kyle Brendefur, LESCO Inc. Treasurer - Nate Varner, LESCO Inc. Past President - Scott Vergin, Energy Product Sales NCEMC 2014-15 Directors: Larry Benner, Rouzer Group Inc. Scott St. Marie, R.L. Mlazgar Associates Stephanie Baudhuin, Brady Corp. Pam Bednarz, Siemens Industry Dan De Grace, Gaynor & Associates Tim Horsch, Pioneer Sales Group

NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY NCEES 2014-15 Officers: President - Dave Hove, PE, Collins Electric Vice President - Paul Fettinger, PE LEED® AP, Hallberg Engineering Treasurer/Secretary - Robert Heiller, PE, Burns & McDonnell Past President - Gregg Nelson, PE, Parallel Technologies

NCEES 2014-15 Directors: Harold Bowie PE LEED® AP, Independent Engineering PLLC Brian Binkley, PE, Gephart Electric Kelly Artz, PE RCDD, Emanuelson-Podas, Inc.

NCEL Staff: Executive Director – Dale Yohnke Manager of Education and Development – Sarita Woods Manager of Membership Engagement – Nikki Borgen

NCEL 2014-16 Directors: Tony Blinkhorn, CPMR, Vice President, Rouzer Group Inc. Julie Fuentes, CFO, Medina Electric Inc. Marty Hedlund, Vice President - Sales, Werner Electric Supply Minnesota Mark Helland, Vice President - Customer Service, Otter Tail Power Co. Shane Kerska, Manager - N.E. Region, Border States Electric Chuck Kimball, Manager - Distribution Resources, ALLETE-Minnesota Power Rick Lancaster, Vice President – Generation, Great River Energy Mike McDermeit, Sales Representative, Core4 Technologies Scot Moser, Director - Business Development, Gephart Electric Co. Stacy Stanslaski, Manager - Sales Operations, Viking Electric Supply

NORTH CENTRAL ELECTRICAL LEAGUE NCEL 2014-16 Officers: Chair - Dan Paulson, PE, Partner & CFO, Paulson & Clark Engineers Inc. Vice Chair - Ed Studniski, PE, President, Gausman & Moore Treasurer - Steve Foss, Regional VP - Distribution (NSP-MN), Xcel Energy Inc. Secretary - Dale Yohnke, Executive Director, North Central Electrical League Past Chair - Chuck Healy, CPMR, Vice President, Electrotech Inc.

North Central Electrical League 2901 Metro Drive, Suite 203, Bloomington, MN 55425 P: 952-854-4405 / 800-925-4985 F: 952-854-7076

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Together We Make Lives BETTER Since 1987, we have contributed $1,221,330, assisting many people and charities.

$631,040

Scholarships = $399,000 Internships = $179,000 Speaker Charities = $40,040 Charity Shoot Out = $13,000

$560,290

Scholarships = $372,000 Holiday Charities & Meeting

Speaker Charities = $143,890 Electrical Industry Charity

Golf Classic = $44,400

$30,000

Scholarships = $19,000 Education Grants = $11,000

Making the Holidays BETTER for Others Since 1999, our NCEL and

NCEMC volunteers have "rang the red kettle bells" for the Salvation Army on Saturday's during the Christmas season. The Salvation Army is a non-profit organization that serves those in need around the world ~ meeting various human needs without discrimination.

Numerous unwrapped toys and countless pounds of canned food were gathered at the NCEMC Holiday Party in December for distribution to those less fortunate.

Club has maintained a strong and active membership. Though the members are competitive in business, they are united in promoting high standards of marketing electrical products, educating the industry on products and applications and reinforcing the manufacturer’s role in our electrical industry.

Training & Education NCEL provides training in three areas: Fundamental Training –

providing new hires or seasoned employees’ basic training on aspects of our electrical industry.

Business Essentials – providing information in three essential areas: HR, Legal & Compliance and Business Intelligence.

PLT and NEC Training – providing code accredited classes for license renewals for electricians and low voltage contractors.

NCEL Affiliate Organizations Provide CONNECTIONS in the Industry NCEL affiliate organizations are designed to address common issues specific to an industry sector, and the opportunity to connect with others based on similar interests and experiences.

Gets You… . NCEL

STARTED

BETTER

CONNECTED

Provides you with Business Essential Training, Basic Fundamental Training,

Facility Tours, Business Breakfasts, Affiliate Meetings and Charity

Opportunities.

Scholarship opportunities for members’ children, Tuition assistance for interns

working at member companies, Resume search & Job postings are all available on

our website.

Networking opportunities through NCEL and our Affiliate Groups, Membership Directory & Social Media Platforms all connect you to the Electrical Industry.

NCEL GETS YOU.... CONNECTED! 9,913 Attend the 2014 EXPO!

Through combined efforts of our members and support of our entire industry, the Upper Midwest Electrical EXPO continues to be a huge success.

What made the 2014 EXPO One of Our Best?

2,142 companies participated in the EXPO

403 electrical manufacturers exhibited at the EXPO

32 electrical distributor sponsored buses attended

the EXPO

The NCEL Directory is

Your Resource CONNECTION!

To find out how you can get Started / Better / Connected

with NCEL please visit our website at www.ncel.org

Business Breakfasts NCEL Business Breakfasts bring together electrical personnel from all sectors of the industry at all administrative levels to discuss trends and challenges facing business leaders. Meetings focus on three areas of business:

Electrical and Construction Industry Business Issues

New & Innovative Industry Technology

Economic Trends & Impacts

NCEL Business Breakfasts provide networking connections that work with busy schedules.

Industry Tours Industry Tours provide a behind the scenes look at a new site, an in-depth look at the operation, design, and the challenges encountered in a large project.

As our construction industry continues to make progress NCEL will be there to offer tours.

The Membership Directory and Buyer’s

Guide is a great member benefit and it is the

only one of its kind!

NCEL GETS YOU.... BETTER!

341 Exhibit Booths were Sold Earliest SOLD OUT exhibit hall date

on record

Since 1938 the North Central Electrical Manufacturers

Society provides its members with education on construction design and applications. The monthly meetings offer networking opportunities, facility tours and technical presentations on timely topics. Professional Development Hours are also obtained through membership in NCEES.

Since 1977 the North Central Electrical Engineering

provides a venue for problem solving for personnel in the electrical utility sector. The group works toward a more reliable and safe electrical utility environment for the public and stakeholders.

Since 1919 the North Central Electrical Association

APRIL 13-14, 2016 EXPO Sponsored By NCEMC

programs and services that assist members with electrical applications and current information. NCEL programs ensure a viable future for our industry!

A strong and informed workforce makes a strong electrical industry. We are here to provide

NCEL CONTACTS newsletter is emailed to

all members at the beginning of each month. CONTACTS keeps you informed of upcoming

activities and announcements of

member news.

NCEL Newsletter CONNECTS You