ETEC Industrial Services

What ETEC Industrial Services does

ETEC Industrial Services is a Texas Gulf Coast-based electrical testing, commissioning, and construction services firm founded in 2006. The company delivers four core service lines: electrical construction (switchgear, MCC equipment, PLC and DCS systems, pneumatic and electrical instrumentation, turbine retrofit, fiber optics, and turnaround/outage support); testing services covering acceptance testing, maintenance testing, and NERC compliance documentation for breakers, MCC equipment, transformers, instrumentation, and protective relays including communication-assisted schemes; project commissioning for industrial plants; and embedded staffing of qualified field engineers at customer power generation facilities. ETEC positions itself as a leader in Combined Cycle generator control upgrades and retrofits, and expanded in 2020 to include cost-effective relay test plans for asset owners managing generation, transmission, or distribution substations.

The firm's underlying technology stack centers on state-of-the-art electrical testing equipment paired with an online reporting layer that makes product degradation reports and relay test results continuously available for customer review, distinguishing it from competitors that deliver paper-based or periodic reports. The firm also holds NERC PRC-005-2 compliance documentation expertise and prepares protection logic flow charts for IEC-61850 communication-based protection installations. Personnel are described by the company as "industry leaders," with the founders and owners continuing to work in the field today; the firm maintains Powersafe and Red Vector certifications and runs background-check and drug-screen programs through Sterling Talent Solutions and DISA Global Solutions.

Revenue is generated through professional services billed on a project-by-project basis: testing and diagnostic engagements, electrical construction contracts, commissioning projects, and embedded staffing arrangements at power generation facilities. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific with no publicly disclosed rates. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with the firm maintaining subscriptions to multiple vendor-managed contractor compliance and procurement platforms (Avetta, ISN Networld, Ariba, Power Advocate, BHE, Construct Secure, GEP, VERO, Impellam, AE Vendor Hub) to remain prequalified with utility and industrial buyers. The company originally served only the Texas Gulf Coast from its Portland, TX headquarters and has since expanded to operate nationwide, employing between 11 and 50 people under the legal entity ETEC Industrial Services, L.L.C.

Name

ETEC Industrial Services

Legal name

ETEC Industrial Services, L.L.C.

Website

https://etecindsvc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ETEC Industrial Services is a Texas Gulf Coast-based electrical testing, commissioning, and construction services firm serving U.S. power generation facilities and substation asset owners through embedded field engineers, NERC compliance documentation, and project-based professional service engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Testing and Commissioning Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, Commissioning & Energization Services (HV) (EUAEABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Power Plant Electrical Systems EPC (Switchyard, Transformers, Protection & Controls) (EUAEAAAM), Electrical/Electronics & Embedded Systems Staffing (BPACADAF)

Keywords

• Electrical testing services
• Commissioning services
• Power generation services
• Relay testing
• Industrial electrical construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electrical Testing Services: Testing and diagnostic analysis services for electrical equipment during construction, installation, and scheduled maintenance. Includes acceptance testing, maintenance testing, and NERC compliance documentation.
2. Electrical Construction Services: Full electrical construction services including switchgear, MCC equipment, PLC and DCS systems, instrumentation, turbine retrofit, fiber optics, and turnaround & outages.
3. Commissioning Services: Project commissioning services ensuring all systems and components are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to operational requirements.
4. Staffing Services: Providing qualified field engineers embedded in power generation facilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ETEC Industrial Services provides electrical construction, testing, commissioning, and field staffing services to power generation facilities and substations. Founded by field engineers in 2006, the company embeds qualified engineers directly at customer sites to deliver NERC-compliant testing, relay test plans, and online product degradation reporting using state-of-the-art electrical testing equipment.

Product overview

ETEC Industrial Services is a Texas Gulf Coast-based electrical testing and commissioning company offering industrial services. The company provides three core service lines: Electrical Construction (switchgear, MCC, PLC/DCS systems, instrumentation, turbine retrofit, fiber optics), Testing Services (diagnostic analysis, acceptance/maintenance testing, NERC compliance documentation), and Commissioning Services (project commissioning for industrial plant systems). The company also offers staffing services for power generation facilities. In 2020, ETEC expanded to include relay test plans for asset owners managing substations. Services are delivered by qualified field engineers utilizing state-of-the-art equipment with on-line product degradation reports and relay test results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electrical Construction Services Industrial electrical construction services delivered by ETEC's field engineers for power generation facilities, substations, and industrial customers along the Texas Gulf Coast.
• Testing Services Electrical testing services using state-of-the-art equipment to perform NERC-compliant testing of protective relays and electrical infrastructure at power generation and substation sites.
• Commissioning Services Commissioning of new and modified electrical systems at power generation and industrial sites, supporting reliable startup and hand-off to operations.
• Staffing Services Embedded field engineer and qualified technician staffing for power generation and industrial customers, providing on-site support for testing, maintenance, and operational needs.
• Relay Test Plans Service Development and delivery of Relay Test Plans for power generation and substation customers, supporting NERC-compliant protective relay testing programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Results have been astounding for personnel supporting ETEC in power generation facilities

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AE Vendor HubminorOthersActive subscription to vendor managed contractor site for contractor management and prequalification purposes
• Ariba (SAP Ariba)minorOthersActive subscription to vendor managed contractor site for procurement and supplier management
• AvettaminorOthersActive subscription to contractor compliance management platform for safety and workforce management
• BHEminorOthersActive subscription to vendor managed contractor site
• Construct SecureminorOthersActive subscription to safety and compliance management platform for contractors
• GEPminorOthersActive subscription to procurement and supply chain management platform
• ISN NetworldminorOthersActive subscription to contractor safety and prequalification platform
• Power AdvocateminorOthersActive subscription to energy industry procurement intelligence platform
• Impellam Supplier ConnectionminorOthersActive subscription to supplier management platform
• VEROminorOthersActive subscription to vendor managed contractor site
• Sterling Talent SolutionsminorOthersBackground check services provider ensuring employee screening compliance
• DISA Global SolutionsminorOthersDrug screening and background check services provider for workforce compliance (DOT and Non-DOT)

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EMCOR Group: EMCOR is a large publicly traded provider of electrical and mechanical services for industrial and utility customers, including testing and commissioning, and overlaps with ETEC's electrical testing and embedded field engineering work.
• Burns & McDonnell: Burns & McDonnell is a major employee-owned EPC and commissioning firm serving power generation and T&D customers, addressing the same end-customers as ETEC with a much broader portfolio.
• Quanta Services: Quanta is a publicly traded infrastructure services company with an extensive T&D and power-generation EPC footprint. ETEC competes on the testing/commissioning slice of the same project scopes that Quanta pursues through its specialty services units.
• Kiewit: Kiewit is a large EPC contractor executing power generation and substation construction projects where ETEC provides testing, commissioning, and embedded engineering services.
• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric is a global power-systems vendor with services that include commissioning and testing of generation and substation assets, addressing an overlapping set of end-customers to ETEC.
• ABB: ABB manufactures power and protection equipment and offers related commissioning and lifecycle services, providing both indirect competition and a potential partner/OEM interface for ETEC's testing and relay work.

Direct peers

• RESA Power: RESA Power is a specialty services firm focused on electrical testing, relay, and commissioning services for utility and industrial customers — a direct overlap with ETEC's core testing, relay, and NERC compliance work for power generation and substations.
• Power Testing and Energization: Power Testing and Energization is a specialty firm offering high-voltage testing, commissioning, and energization services — directly comparable to ETEC's HV testing, relay testing, and commissioning service lines.
• Megladon Engineering Group: Megladon provides electrical engineering, testing, commissioning, and field services to power generation and industrial clients in the Gulf Coast region, directly mirroring ETEC's Texas Gulf Coast-rooted electrical testing and commissioning offering.
• IRISNDT: IRISNDT delivers electrical testing, NDT, and reliability engineering services to power, utility, and industrial customers with comparable testing and commissioning capabilities to ETEC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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