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Chairman's Challenge

Western Ohio Chapter with Sen. Bernie Moreno

Aug 19, 2026

Western Ohio Chapter | Chairman's Challenge 2026

From left to right: Carter Harrison (Executive Director, Western Ohio Chapter), Unknown, Kevin Tatulyan (Deputy Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy), Marco Giamberardino (Chief Communications Officer, NECA), Alex Fitzsimmons (Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy), Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Kevin Moran (Executive Director, American Line Builders Chapter), Melanie Meyer (Assistant Director, American Line Builders Chapter), Todd Kessler (BA IBEW LU71), Hayden Jewett, representing NECA

On August 19, 2026, the Western Ohio Chapter of NECA hosted Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Department of Energy Associate Deputy Secretary Alex Fitzsimmons for facility tours and a member roundtable in the Dayton area. The visit included ESI Electrical Contractors’ prefabrication facility, the Dayton Ohio Electrical JATC, and the American Line Builders Apprenticeship and Training (ALBAT) center in Medway. Members highlighted how electrical contractors are adapting to growing electricity demand and discussed workforce development, rising material costs, domestic manufacturing, and grid capacity.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Western Ohio Chapter members tour the American Line Builders Apprenticeship Training center in Medway, Ohio.

Western Ohio Chapter members walked Sen. Bernie Moreno and U.S. Department of Energy officials through the American Line Builders Apprenticeship Training (ALBAT) center in Medway, Ohio, including the mobile training unit that brings line work instruction to apprentices across the region.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) talks with apprentice lineworkers at the American Line Builders Apprenticeship Training center in Medway, Ohio. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) talks with apprentice lineworkers on the training pole yard at the American Line Builders Apprenticeship Training center in Medway, Ohio.

 

Western Ohio Chapter members meet with Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and U.S. Department of Energy officials at the IBEW-NECA Dayton JATC.

Contractors sat down with Senator Moreno and Alex Fitzsimmons, Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy and Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, to discuss surging electricity demand, data center construction, rising copper and steel costs, grid capacity, and how the chapter is expanding apprentice class sizes to close the manpower gap.