January 2025
CEWD Releases 2024 Annual Report
Find Your People. New Community Groups Forming.
If one of your resolutions this year is to build your professional network, we’ve got you covered. CEWD’s modernized and revamped Community Groups are forming now and will begin meeting in March. We will host communities that offer comfortable networking spaces for idea-generation, mentorship, partnership, best practice sharing, and the like. Groups are slated to encompass:
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AI in WFD
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Data Centers and Energy Workforce Development
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Inclusive Communities. Inclusive Companies.
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Energy Educators
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Reentry Community Hiring
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Training and Development
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Troops to Energy Jobs
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Skills USA Challenges
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Workforce Development Maturity Model
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Workforce Planning and Data Analytics
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Workforce Policy Education
Learn more and sign up here. Note: These groups are for CEWD members only.
Mark Your Calendar: CEWD’s Signature Programs for 2025
The CEWD Forum will take place May 13-14 in New Orleans and our 2025 Workforce Development Summit will be held November 18-20 in Washington, DC. We are now accepting sponsors for both events that will unite industry stakeholders. Information on the CEWD Forum and early registration will be available in mid-February.
Register for the February 12 Town Hall Webinar on Actions for the New Energy and Natural Resources Career Cluster
With the adoption of the new Energy and Natural Resources Career Cluster, one of CEWD’s primary areas of action this year is supporting industry stakeholders’ work toward integration of energy education in classrooms. We urge all employers and educators to join us on the journey.
CEWD will host a webinar on February 12 that explains the newly released Energy & Natural Resources Framework and Competencies for Secondary Education and the session will dive into how you can support awareness by educators about the Framework and the importance of bringing energy curriculum into their classrooms. Learn more and register here.
Careers in Energy Week takes place October 20-24 this year!
#CareersInEnergyWeek
Educate Policymakers About the Energy Workforce
With a slew of new policymakers and staffers settling into their offices, there is a fresh audience to educate about the industry’s vast workforce development needs. This new resource from CEWD can help with that. We encourage you to share this throughout your organization so it can support conversations being held across the enterprise.
EIF 2.0 Is Now Available in Spanish
As you work with educators on the why of bringing energy curriculum into their classrooms, you can also offer the “how” by introducing them to CEWD’s Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0 curriculum – and for educators serving Spanish speaking students, the curriculum is now available in Spanish thanks to generous support from National Grid.
ISO: CEWD is trying to locate a substation pre-apprenticeship program at the request of one of our members. Can you help? Contact [email protected]
Help Us Place 400 Veterans Looking for an Energy Job
CEWD’s new Veteran’s Registration Site became effective in late August and since then we have close to 400 veterans listed with resumes, contact information, military occupational specialty, relevant skills and city and state of interest. This is another resource you can tap for veterans and transitioning service members who are looking to work in the industry. If you are a member of CEWD and don’t yet have access to this database, please click here to register.
We also ask that you please check to see if your company’s recruitment contact information is listed on our site. If you are not listed, please register so that we may add this information to the directory to support military families in their job search. Please direct questions to Rosa Schmidt, Director of Veteran Programs at [email protected].
ICYMI: The Clean Power Institute is CEWD’s Newest National Association Partner
What's Up? News Updates
CEWD is reporting important news and updates through the CEWD Connection to keep readers abreast of energy workforce headlines. If you have any article suggestions, please email [email protected].
New EV charging technician program students receive scholarships
January 2nd, 2025
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority announced it has provided scholarships for an electric vehicle (EV) charging technician course at Gwinnett Technical College. Covering tuition and PPE costs for students. GTC is partnering with Siemens on curriculum development, and Siemens has agreed to hire program graduations.
January 15th, 2025
Since its launch in 2021, ComEd has awarded over $1 million in scholarships to 180 students. In 2025, 83 local students pursuing STEM education through its Future of Energy scholarship program will receive up to $10,000 for college STEM programs and $2,500 for trade school programs.
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