electricians

also referred to as: electrician

6 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 9, 2023 by Buddy Reyes · across every show →

Everything said about electricians, oldest first

Mar 9, 2023 negative
Insight
Reyes: On-the-job electrical training slows project timelines and cuts profits
“It's not just a matter of, hey, yeah, let me hire people, and then, because you have to go with them through training, and so it might take you a month to two months for them to be ready to finally go out on the field, know how to interact with customers, and …”
Buddy Reyes Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 11:58 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage
Mar 9, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Pontecorvo: Median Bay Area electrician salary is roughly $90,000
“The median salary for an electrician in the Bay Area is about 90,000 dollars, and a lot of people make six figures.”
Emily Pontecorvo Mar 9, 2023 ▶ 15:45 The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage
Apr 30, 2026
Assertion Supported
Hershman: 85% of solar labor is mechanical, not skilled electrical
“If you think about a solar project, You know, probably 85 to 90% of that is really, you know, labor and mechanical labor, right? You are, we're putting posts in the ground, we're bolting together racking systems, and we're installing modules. And then, you kno…”
George Hershman Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 12:04 How AI is modernizing EPCs
Aug 6, 2026 bullish
Assertion Contradicted
Hawkins: Electrician costs have tripled over the last decade
“Without a doubt. Yeah, the electrician the cost for electricians You know, I'm going to give you a, you know, estimate has tripled in the time I've been in the business. Yeah. In the last decade.”
Raymond Hawkins Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 11:20 The electrician shortage slowing the AI boom
Aug 6, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Data center construction relies heavily on a 'travel nurse' model for electricians
“The journey part of it or the travel part of it, just like travel nurses, there's a lot of that. It was all over our marketplace.”
Raymond Hawkins Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 7:51 The electrician shortage slowing the AI boom
Aug 6, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Developers build trailer camps for traveling electricians in smaller data center markets
“There's a lot of that at data center sites where you are bringing the labor especially in these tier three, tier four markets, and providing places for them to live and eat and stay so that they can be near the job. Because, you know, 40 miles outside Jackson,…”
Raymond Hawkins Aug 6, 2026 ▶ 6:37 The electrician shortage slowing the AI boom
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