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Designing and Maintaining 21st Century Electrical Systems

Affiliated Jacksonville Electrical Contractors not only maintain electrical systems and wiring, we desgin them Our contractors are skilled trade’s people and are experts in the design, implementation, and installation of the electrical and energy management systems and are regarded by the industry as highly trained professionals. You can be assured of absolutely sound engineering... more ...

Pres Cooper The IBEW Is Wired for Change

Meet The Jacksonville Electricians

A common, prevailing notion in the Florida construction industry is that it costs more to work with organized electricians or electrical contractors. Jacksonville's customers and business owners are increasingly recognizing this as a myth. Sure, you can always go the lowest dollar on anything in life. However, it is also always true that you get what you pay for. Going for the lowest... more ...

Welcome to IBEW 177

The Jacksonville Electricians

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is an organization made up of nearly 750,00 men and women just like you, engaged in every type of employment. Their needs and goals are the same as yours, however, they have the personal strength, and human dignity that come from belonging to a world respected labor organization which helps it's members live better, freer, and fuller lives. IBEW members stand united in local unions in all 50 states, in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Panama Canal Zone. The IBEW provides imaginative and responsible leadership, and has an outstanding reputation for being a progressive union. It is an important member of the AFL-CIO family of unions.

Paramount to buy Warner Bros Discovery in $110B Deal

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-ends-bidding-war-with-netflix-2026-02-27/

Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to be acquired by Paramount Skydance in a $110 billion deal, ending a bidding war after Netflix withdrew its offer. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2026 pending regulatory and shareholder approval.

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Senators Collins, Reed Honored by EEI, IBEW

https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senators-collins-reed-honored-by-edison-electric-institute-international-brotherhood-of-electrical-workers

EEI and IBEW presented Senators Susan Collins and Jack Reed with the John D. Dingell Award for their sustained bipartisan support of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, with Collins securing a $20 million funding increase to bring total LIHEAP funding to $4 billion in FY2026.

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Changing US Power Grid Has Risks

https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/blog/risks-in-a-changing-u-s-power-grid/

A UPenn Kleinman Center policy blog identifies five key risk categories reshaping the US grid: locational congestion, temporal price uncertainty, volume variability from renewables, extreme weather tail risk, and flawed regulatory design, as demand from AI data centers and electrification accelerates.

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Solar and Wind Reach Record 17% of US Power Generation

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/03/23/solar-and-wind-reach-record-17-of-u-s-power-generation-in-2025/

Per a new EIA report, wind and utility scale solar generated a record 17 percent of US electricity in 2025, up from less than 1 percent in 2005. Utility scale solar rose 34 percent year over year, while combined wind and solar reach 19 percent when residential installations are included.

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IBEW Calls for Scrutiny of Skydance-CBS Layoffs, Proposed Merger

https://www.tvtechnology.com/business/ibew-calls-for-scrutiny-of-skydance-cbs-layoffs-and-proposed-cnn-merger

The IBEW called for transparency and regulatory scrutiny following a second round of CBS News layoffs and plans to shut down CBS News Radio, warning that a proposed merger of CBS News with CNN raises serious questions about the future of union broadcasting jobs.

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Local Plans New Hall

https://biztimes.com/ibew-plans-new-union-hall-in-mount-pleasant/

IBEW Local 430 has filed plans to build an 11,500 square foot union hall in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin to replace its current facility in Racine, serving approximately 150 members as both a business office and meeting hall.

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