40 Years of engineering with distinction

25 years of extraordinary execution

As one of the country’s leading power utility consulting design firms, ECI operates from more than 37 regional offices throughout the nation,  continuously expanding to serve the needs of our clients.

ECI’s team members include highly experienced and qualified design engineers, technicians, designers, drafters, field construction personnel, environmental planners, right of way agents, and surveyors supporting the engineering and construction of high voltage utility-scale facilities across the country.

40+

Years in Business

1000+

Team Members

37+

Offices

500+

Power Utility Project Builds via EPCS

30k+

Power Utility Engineering Designs & Consults

50

States of Project Work

Our team members are our greatest asset

Our depth of professional staff assures the completion of your projects on time and on budget.

Our individuals have highly specialized and unique experiences that ensure prompt and qualified responses to any project work scope item, whether it be to answer a simple design question, or provide guidance on complex, regional issues.

Our nationwide reach

Our 37+ offices provide the ability to partner on projects across the nation.

The history of ECI, Inc.

From our humble beginnings in Montana, discover how ECI has grown exponentially and contributed to some of the most critical power delivery projects throughout the United States and abroad.

  • 1985 – Electrical Consultants, Inc. (ECI) was incorporated in 1985 as a Montana Corporation
  • 1990 – R.L. (Dick) McComish, P.E. Joins ECI as Engineering Manager
  • 1990 – ECI welcomes our first new clients –  Grand Electric Cooperative & Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative
  • 1993 – ECI opens a new office in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1996 – ECI opens a southwest office in Tucson, Arizona
  • 1998 – ECI expands again to open the Madison, Wisconsin office in service to a new client partner, American Transmission Company
  • 1999 – ECI reaches 100 employees
  • 1999 – ECI establishes a client partnership with Arizona Public Service
  • 2000 – ECI’s wholly owned subsidiary, EPC Services Company (EPCS), is formed providing Engineer-Procure-Construct delivery solutions
  • 2004 – ECI establishes a client partner relationship with Invenergy, providing high voltage engineering for renewable energy facilities
  • 2006 – ECI expands to the east, opening a new office in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • 2007 – ECI reaches 200 employees together with EPC Services Company
  • 2013 – ECI expands to open a new office in Orlando, Florida in service to another client partner, Florida Power & Light
  • 2014 – ECI reaches 400 employees together with EPC Services Company
  • 2015 – ECI expands into the Pacific Northwest in Portland to continue services to long-standing Public Utility Districts in the area
  • 2019 – ECI acquired Industrial Automation Consulting (IAC) expanding the industrial support services team and Relay Application Innovation (RAI) expanding the Protection & Control services team
  • 2020 – ECI acquired Casco Systems expanding core service offering to include IEC-61850 design capabilities
  • 2022 – ECI reaches 800 employees together with EPC Services Company
  • 2023 – Today, ECI has grown significantly to a full staff of over 900 employees operating from more than 30 regional offices nationwide
  • 2024 – ECI acquires PS Technologies Inc. of Alberta, Canada, becoming the company’s first international subsidiary
  • 2024 – EPC Services Company, an ECI subsidiary, acquires Electro-Test & Maintenance, Inc. of Rapid City, South Dakota, expanding ECI’s electrical testing and heavy equipment maintenance services

Expansion & Acquisitions

Our team is thriving and growing as we seek to better serve our customers through expansion and acquisitions.

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EPC Services Company – 2000

ECI’s wholly owned subsidiary, EPC Services Company (EPCS), was formed in 2000 to provide a professional based Project Management/EPC firm to handle the demand for utility and independent power delivery projects having ever shorter times for completion. EPC Services Company now focuses on traditional utility projects as well as major renewable project developments.

Industrial Automation Consulting – 2019

In the spring of 2019, ECI acquired Industrial Automation Consulting (IAC), a small “Turnkey Systems House” providing all aspects of automation engineering and information management. The services provided by IAC closely align with ECI’s Industrial Services group, expanding our industrial design service which provides the integration of real-time control and information systems.

Relay Application Innovation – 2019

In the fall of 2019, ECI acquired Relay Application Innovation (RAI) bringing significant strength to our capabilities in system protection design and integration. This widens our available breadth of service in system protection design, integration, protection settings, customzed software and hardware, as well as field commissioning at all levels of the protection field.

Casco Systems – 2020

In the winter of 2020, ECI acquired Casco Systems headquartered in Cumberland, Maine. Casco brings deep industry-leading IEC-61850 design, integration, protection, and cyber security expertise to benefit ECI’s wide range of utility and energy customers.

PS Technologies Inc. – 2024

In the summer of 2024, ECI acquired PS Technologies headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. As the first international acquisition for ECI, PSTI brings decades of system protection and high voltage design expertise to clients spanning Alberta and Western Canada.

Electro-Test & Maintenance – 2024

In the fall of 2024, EPC Services Company, a subsidiary of ECI, acquired Electro-Test & Maintenance headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota. ETMI provides crucial utility maintenance and commissioning services to regional electric utilities along with equipment testing and transformer services throughout the Western U.S.

We excel at
full-scale
Engineer
Procure
Construct
(EPC) delivery

Together, ECI and EPCS can provide complete design-build capabilities for your power delivery substation or transmission facilities through 765 kV.

If you’re ready to partner with us for your design + build project, contact us today!

Innovative

Whether raised platform substations, non-traditional transmission structures or creative sequencing, our team works collaboratively to provide an innovative solution.

Cost effective

Our designs are prepared with the overall capital, operation and maintenance budget in mind.

Responsive

ECI is committed to being the most responsive professional service provider in the industry.

Meet our team

EXECUTIVE & BUSINESS LEADERSHIP

R.L. McComish
P.E.

President, ECI / EPC Services Company

Bruce LaMeres
P.E., P.M.P.

Chief Executive Officer

Dave Maehl
P.E.

Executive Vice President – Substation

John Satchell
C.P.A.

Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Freeman

Chief Legal Officer

Bill Watson
P.E., J.D.

Vice President – Engineering & Construction

Lonnie Wilbanks
P.E.

Vice President Southwest Region – Substation

Larry Myers
P.M.P.

Vice President – Eastern Region

Larry Weis

Vice President – Business Development

Maureen Maloughney
P.H.R.

Director – Human Resources

Crystal Kuntz
P.E., M.B.A.

Director – Client Relations & Marketing

Griffen Erickson
P.E.

Director – Project Operations

Shawn Cole

Director – Business Operations

Jesse Markham
P.E., M.B.A.

Director – Central & Southeast Region – Business Management

Mike Hakala

Director – Information Technology

Pam Potter

Corporate Safety Specialist

Technical leadership

Larry Gross
P.E.

Vice President – Power System Protection

Kevin Mahoney
P.E.

Vice President – Automation & Integration

Dale Broveak

Vice President – Substation QA & Standards

Tom Rodacker
P.E.

Director – Substation Engineering

Michael Heikens
P.E.

Director – Transmission Engineering

Bill Young
P.E.

Director – SCADA Integration

Caleb Jobes
P.E., S.E.

Director – Civil/Structural Engineering

Sohrab Sobhani
P.E.

Director – Owner’s Engineer Services

James Couts
P.E., P.L.S., P.M.P.

Director – Survey & Right of Way

EPC Services leadership

R.L. McComish
P.E.

President, ECI / EPC Services Company

John Ott

Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Deborah Sapp
P.M.P.

Vice President – Program Management

Taylor Dodson
P.E.

Vice President – Field Operations and Quality

Tony SieberT

Vice President – Eastern Region

Roger Schat

Chief Operating Officer, Emeritus

Bill Grmoljez

Director – Electrical Testing Services

Randy McClure
J.D., C.S.P., C.U.S.P.

Corporate Safety Manager

Interested in joining our team?

Check out or current job openings and explore what an exciting career move could look like at ECI.

let’s build something great

Are you in need of planning, conceptual design, detailed engineering, or a full turn-key project? Let our ECI team provide a comprehensive scope of services and cost for your upcoming project.