Oct 19, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
This week is Careers in Energy Week, and EEI and our member companies are celebrating the men and women who deliver the energy of every day and keep America powered, connected, and moving forward…
Emily SchillingerGuest
Brian ReelHost
As we said, it's Careers in Energy Week, and so we're really using this as an opportunity to talk to young people who are thinking about their next steps in their careers and, and what they wanna do when they get out of high school.
Brian, what would you say, based on your experience, to people about why this is an important industry to join, and it's also an exciting place to be a part of?
You know, whether it's going out on storm work and getting a customer back on that's been out for a couple days, you know, we heavily rely on electricity these days, and it's not fun when we don't have it.
Or, you know, if, if we're just having a voltage, voltage issue at a customer's house, maybe their lights are flickering or something like that, it's really rewarding getting to help a customer out.
There's not a lot of industries like ours where we get paid as well as we do while also getting to help the community.
I mean, I can't imagine, can't imagine where I'd be really without this industry.
I really didn't know much about it when I got into it, but, you know, I was, I was a kid when I started.
I was right out of high school, and found the electrical utility industry, and man, I fell in love with it immediately.
You know, I was, uh, single right out of high school, like I said, and now I'm married, I have six kids, spent 28 years in this industry.
It's just super rewarding to be able to go through a neighborhood that's been devastated, and they're struggling, they don't have power.
You do some work, you climb some poles, put some wire in the air, replace some poles, and then you drive back around and you turn the lights on, and they, they're cheering that you've helped restore that power.
As we said, it's Careers in Energy Week, and so we're really using this as an opportunity to talk to young people who are thinking about their next steps in their careers and, and what they wanna do when they get out of high school.
Brian, what would you say, based on your experience, to people about why this is an important industry to join, and it's also an exciting place to be a part of?
You know, whether it's going out on storm work and getting a customer back on that's been out for a couple days, you know, we heavily rely on electricity these days, and it's not fun when we don't have it.
Or, you know, if, if we're just having a voltage, voltage issue at a customer's house, maybe their lights are flickering or something like that, it's really rewarding getting to help a customer out.
There's not a lot of industries like ours where we get paid as well as we do while also getting to help the community.
I mean, I can't imagine, can't imagine where I'd be really without this industry.
I really didn't know much about it when I got into it, but, you know, I was, I was a kid when I started.
I was right out of high school, and found the electrical utility industry, and man, I fell in love with it immediately.
You know, I was, uh, single right out of high school, like I said, and now I'm married, I have six kids, spent 28 years in this industry.
It's just super rewarding to be able to go through a neighborhood that's been devastated, and they're struggling, they don't have power.
You do some work, you climb some poles, put some wire in the air, replace some poles, and then you drive back around and you turn the lights on, and they, they're cheering that you've helped restore that power.
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