Published by Todd Bush on November 21, 2023
Award honors company for developing unique connections with educators, nonprofits and other organizations to build a diverse clean-energy workforce of the future
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy, has received the Community Partnership Award from The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) for its work in building a skilled energy workforce that represents the diverse communities it serves. The award recognizes Constellation’s multi-faceted efforts to establish lasting and impactful relationships with the local community — including educators, minority facing organizations, workforce development nonprofits and others — to fuel the energy talent pipeline. CEWD is a non-profit consortium of electric, natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy companies, and their associations, committed to the development of a skilled, diverse energy workforce.
Representatives from Constellation were on hand to accept the Center for Energy Workforce Development's "Community Partnership" award November 16 in Washington, D.C.
Representatives from Constellation were on hand to receive the honor November 16 during CEWD’s Workforce Development Summit and inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Forum in Washington, D.C.
“Constellation is dedicated to enabling Americans of all backgrounds to access good-paying jobs, be a part of the growing energy workforce and experience the benefits of the clean energy transition,” said Joe Dominguez, president and CEO, Constellation. “We appreciate CEWD for recognizing our efforts, and this progress is just the beginning. We will continue our commitment to creating family-sustaining careers and investing in all communities.”
“The work being done in the people-part of the industry is astonishing,” said Missy Henriksen, executive director, CEWD. “The partnerships companies, like Constellation, are forming within their communities – with community-based organizations, educators, workforce systems and other stakeholders are making a difference.”
Earlier this fall, Constellation teamed up with CEWD to sponsor its Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0 program. The interactive, 120-hour curriculum for high school and technical school students aims to provide expanded energy education and career awareness to 500,000 students over the next decade.
A Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) is the nation’s largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy products and services to businesses, homes, community aggregations and public sector customers across the continental United States, including three fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million homes, providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are further accelerating the nation’s transition to a carbon-free future by helping our customers reach their sustainability goals, setting our own ambitious goal of achieving 100% carbon-free generation by 2040, and by investing in promising emerging technologies to eliminate carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy.
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