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Best energy companies in Illinois

We hand-curated a list of the best energy companies to work in Illinois using data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity. You can also search for the best companies to work for in the state and cities you want.

Best companies to work for in Illinois
  1. Zippia score 4.8

    #1 Best energy company to work for in Illinois
    Company description:

    Exelon Corporation is an American energy producer, trader, and distributor. The company provides services for energy generation businesses in the United States. The company owns, contracts, and invests in electric generating facilities such as nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric generation facilities, as well as wind and solar facilities. It is also involved in the wholesale and retail customer supply of electric and natural gas products and services including renewable energy products, risk management services, natural gas exploration, and production activities. In addition, the company is engaged in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of distribution and transmission services in northern Illinois, southeastern Pennsylvania, and central Maryland. It is also involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of natural gases and the provision of distribution services in the Pennsylvania counties surrounding the City of Philadelphia, as well as in central Maryland including the City of Baltimore. Exelon Corporation operates through nine segments: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New England, New York, ERCOT, other regions, ComEd, PECO, and BGE. It sells electricity, natural gases, and other related products and solutions to various customers including distribution utilities, municipalities, and cooperatives, as well as to commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. Founded in 1887, Exelon Corporation is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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  2. Zippia score 4.8

    #2 Best energy company to work for in Illinois
    Company description:

    BP America, Inc. is engaged in exploring, producing, refining, marketing, trading, and transporting oil and natural gas in the United States. It offers fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, lubricants for engines, and petrochemicals; produces a range of materials, including terephthalic acid, paraxylene, and naphthalene dicarboxylate that are necessary to make products, such as clothes, flat-screen televisions, safety belts, and plastic beverage bottles; manufactures and markets lubricants and related products for automotive, industrial, marine, energy, and space exploration customers; and supplies fuel and related retail services to consumers through independent jobbers and dealer wholesalers, as well as company-owned and franchised retail sites. The company also buys and sells products ranging from oil and natural gas to power and financial derivatives; refines, transports, sells, and trades crude oil and petroleum products; offers biofuels; operates pipelines that transport oil, refined products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and chemicals; and operates wind farms in Texas, Indiana, California, Colorado, South Dakota, Idaho, Kansas, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania. In addition, it produces ethanol from sugarcane; and operates retail sites in the United States. Further, the company operates refineries in Whiting, Indiana; in Blaine, Washington; and Oregon, Ohio. BP America, Inc. was formerly known as BP-Amoco, Inc. The company was incorporated in 1974 and is based in Warrenville, Illinois. It has operations in Alaska, Alabama, California, Chicagoland, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. BP America, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BP p.l.c.

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  3. Zippia score 4.8

    #3 Best energy company to work for in Illinois
    Company description:

    John Crane company specializes in artificial lift equipment and services.

  4. Zippia score 4.7

    #4 Best energy company to work for in Illinois
    Company description:

    The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, a natural gas utility company, engages in purchasing, storing, distributing, selling, and transporting natural gas to customers in Chicago. It operates through Natural Gas Utility and Other segments. As of December 31, 2016, the company owned and operated approximately 4,400 miles of natural gas distribution mains; approximately 270 miles of natural gas transmission mains; approximately 504,000 natural gas lateral services; 19 natural gas distribution and transmission gate stations; a 38.3 billion cubic foot (Bcf) underground natural gas storage field; and a 2.0 Bcf liquefied natural gas plant. It provides natural gas utility service to residential, commercial and industrial, and transportation customers. The company was founded in 1855 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company operates as a subsidiary of Peoples Energy, LLC.

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  5. Zippia score 4.7

    #5 Best energy company to work for in Illinois
    Company description:

    Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, through its subsidiaries, designs and installs field erection steel plate and storage products and systems. The company was founded in 1889 and is based in Plainfield, Illinois. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company operates as a subsidiary of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

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  7. Zippia score 4.6

    Company description:

    Nicor Gas is an energy company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. Its largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, is a natural gas distribution company.

  8. Zippia score 4.5

    Company description:

    CEDA is a provider of maintenance and turnaround services in the upstream and downstream oil & gas and petrochemicals. CEDA operates as an industrial services company providing maintenance, turnaround, construction and project services to clients in the oil & gas, pipeline, power, pulp & paper, chemical, mining, municipal and steel markets for over 44 years.

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  9. Zippia score 4.4

    Company description:

    Always looking for talented folks to join our growing team! EN Engineering is an engineering and consulting firm in the energy industry.

  10. Zippia score 4.4

    Company description:

    LanzaTech is a carbon recycling company focusing on gas fermentation, reactor design, machine learning and synthetic biology. The company makes fuels and chemicals sush as municipal solid waste, organic industrial waste and agricultural waste more sustainable.

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  11. Zippia score 4.4

    Company description:

    AVG Advanced Technologies, LP, through its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures electronic products. It offers printed circuit boards, environmental controls, relays and industrial controls, fluid meters and counting devices, and telephone equipment. The company also provides semiconductors, thick film hybrids, laser trimmed resistor networks, SMT, and through hole circuit assemblies. AVG Advanced Technologies, LP was founded in 1975 and is based in Carol Stream, Illinois with a location in Iowa. AVG Advanced Technologies, LP operates as a subsidiary of Autotech Viktron Group.

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  12. Zippia score 4.4

    Company description:

    Premium Service and Competitive Prices! Follow us on twitter @SantannaEnergy

  13. Zippia score 4.3

    Company description:

    Vantage Specialties, Inc. is primarily engaged in the manufacture and/or distribution of gas for sale, including mixtures of manufactured with natural gas.

  14. Zippia score 4.3

    Company description:

    Prairie State Generating Company, LLC operates a coal-fired electrical power station, Prairie State Energy Campus, which has an electricity generation capacity of 1,600 megawatt. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Marissa, Illinois.

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  15. Zippia score 4.3

    Company description:

    MotoMart is a customer-first chain of convenience stores predominantly in the Midwest.

  16. Zippia score 4.3

    Company description:

    Henry Pratt Company is an American manufacturing company located in Aurora, Illinois.

  17. Zippia score 4.2

    Company description:

    Illinova Corporation generates and distributes electric and gas utilities. The company offers brokering and marketing of electricity and natural gas. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Decatur, Illinois. As of February 1, 2000, Illinova Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Dynegy Inc.

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  18. Zippia score 4.2

    Company description:

    Midwest Generation EME, LLC operates as an independent power producer. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Midwest Generation EME, LLC operates as a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc.

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  19. Zippia score 4.2

    Company mission statement:

    Highly efficient energy solutions to power our lives.

  20. Zippia score 4.1

    Company description:

    BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. owns, operates, and supplies pipelines and terminal facilities throughout the central United States, Pacific Northwest, and the Gulf of Mexico. The company transports oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined products. It holds an interest in multiple joint ventures. BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. was formerly known as BP Amoco Pipelines (North America) Inc. and changed its name to BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. in 2000. The company was incorporated in 1916 and is based in Naperville, Illinois with control centers in Oklahoma and Washington. BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BP p.l.c.

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  21. Zippia score 4.1

    Company description:

    Aftermath Services is the premier, nation-wide crime scene cleanup, virus disinfection and biohazard remediation company. Call us today for professional & compassionate clean up.

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  22. Zippia score 4.1

    Company description:

    Sun Coal & Coke LLC owns and operates metallurgical coke plants and metallurgical coal mines. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is based in the United States. Sun Coal & Coke LLC operates as a subsidiary of SunCoke Energy Inc.

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  23. Zippia score 4.1

    Company description:

    Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc. is headquartered in Mount Vernon, Illinois at the intersection of Interstates 64 and 57. The cooperative provides electric power to 16,000 residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial customers in Jeffers...

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  24. Zippia score 4.0

    Company description:

    As the nation's experts in environmental infrastructure maintenance, Carylon specializes in sewer, water, sediment and industrial cleaning services.

  25. Zippia score 4.0

    Company description:

    Elevance Renewable Sciences is a transforming natural, renewable oils into high-performing specialty products and materials, Elevance is uniquely positioned to meet consumer demand in a market exceeding $100 billion annually in these segments: Performance waxes, NatureWax products, Personal care products, Antimicrobials, Detergents, cleaners and solvents.

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  26. Zippia score 4.0

    Company description:

    MI&T offers mold inspection and mold testing to the entire are of San DIego, California without a conflict of interest. Call 619-550-2079 to schedule an appointment. http://moldinspectionandtest.com/san-diego-ca/ 3078 Valle Ave. San Diego, CA 92113

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  27. Zippia score 4.0

    Company description:

    Valdes is a multidisciplinary, engineering consulting firm that delivers technical solutions to the Oil & Gas, Utilities, Chemicals, and Life Sciences industries.

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  28. Zippia score 4.0

    Company description:

    Duraclean is a full service restoration company providing quality cleaning, restoration and remediation solutions since 1930.

  29. Zippia score 3.9

    Company description:

    Nordic Energy is a competitive supplier of Natural Gas and Electricity. We provide a suite of energy services and solutions for residential and commercial and customers in Michigan and Indiana.

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  30. Zippia score 3.9

    Company mission statement:

    To enable our customers to achieve the highest turbine performance and optimum availability, we are not satisfied with what we have achieved and are constantly working on technical innovations and further developments.

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  31. Zippia score 3.9

    Company description:

    Energy Results empowers homeowners to save energy and money through smart home upgrades. The Company helps homeowners evaluate, implement, finance and track energy-saving upgrades. Energy Results' innovative approach and web platform was designed to solve each of the obstacles that homeowners previously experienced in their effort to improve their home's energy performance, making the process easy. The Company provides a range of free educational tools, including a proprietary online home energy assessment and utility usage dashboard. These educational tools are designed to help homeowners evaluate the financial and environmental impact of their upgrade alternatives. Users manage their efficiency journey from their Home Efficiency Hub and can elect to receive personalized savings reminders and performance reports on their utility usage. Users can also track and share completed upgrades and savings. Once the homeowner determines the upgrades that are right for them, Energy Results helps customers take action, offering a full range of energy efficient products and services performed by a network of top-rated professionals. The Company also offers financing alternatives that allow homeowners to start saving now, repaying the loan through future energy cost savings. Energy Results also licenses its technology to select partners, including Best Buy.

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  32. Zippia score 3.8

    Company description:

    We currently have over 3,000 MW of renewable energy projects under contract or in development.

  33. Zippia score 3.8

    Company description:

    Woodhead LP operates as a subsidiary of DW Holding LLC.

  34. Zippia score 3.7

    Company description:

    Superheat is the world's most innovative and responsive on-site heat treatment service provider - ensuring A Smarter Way to Do Heat Treatment™.

  35. Zippia score 3.7

    Company description:

    Since 2004 LED Lighting Inc has worked with engineers to custom design, manufacture, and install lighting systems for hotels, quick-serv, POP, retail.

  36. Zippia score 3.7

    Company description:

    Eagle Services serves steel mills, municipalities, chemical plants, refineries, food processors, power plants, and other industrial sites across the Midwest and beyond. We offer automated high-pressure waterblasting, wet/dry vacuuming, chemica...

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  37. Zippia score 3.7

    Company description:

    RedWave Energy, Inc. is a venture capital financed cleantech firm founded in January 2011. RedWave is currently in the first phase of developing unique technology to generate renewable energy from the previously untapped infrared (IR) and near IR spectrum. Initial development is focused on energy capture from relatively low quality waste heat. Subsequent phases of development will lead to harvesting electricity in the visible range. Initial phases of development at the THz range will also enable powerful explosive detection and high speed communications capabilities. This development is made possible by exclusively licensed nano antenna technology from Idaho National Labs and associated high speed diode technology from the University of Colorado. MicroContinuum, a sophisticated technology development company has been retained to enable the fabrication of nano scale antennas and terahertz electronics for energy capture and THz wave detection.

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  38. Zippia score 3.6

    Company description:

    Global Information Systems LLC is primarily engaged in supplying computer related services, not elsewhere classified. Computer consultants operating on a contract or fee basis are classified in this industry.

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  39. Zippia score 3.6

    Company description:

    Quincy Recycle is the industrial recycling company that can help your manufacturing business meet its sustainability goals. Click here for more.

  40. Zippia score 3.6

  41. Zippia score 3.6

    Company description:

    U'Sagain, LLC is primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of men's and boys' apparel and furnishings, sportswear, hosiery, underwear, nightwear, and work clothing.

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  42. Zippia score 3.6

    Company description:

    Timejoy provides your day to day time management solution. An intelligent mobile personal assistant. A smartphone app for the overcommitted and overscheduled.

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  43. Zippia score 3.6

  44. Zippia score 3.5

    Company description:

    Brite Energy Solar Holdings provides residential and commercial solar services.

  45. Zippia score 3.5

    Company description:

    Knight Hawk Coal, LLC, a coal mining company, has been at the forefront of the Illinois Coal Basin's recovery since the mid-1990s, and has access to ship high-quality, low-chlorine coal to markets throughout the United States and for global export.

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  46. Zippia score 3.4

    Company description:

    Since 1969 Aqua-Aerobic Systems has provided industry leading products and advanced systems for total water management solutions.

  47. Zippia score 3.4

Best energy companies to work for headquartered in Illinois

RankCompanyZippia score
1Exelon4.8
2BP America Inc4.8
3John Crane4.8
4The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company4.7
5Chicago Bridge & Iron Company4.7
6Nicor Gas4.6
7CEDA4.5
8EN Engineering4.4
9LanzaTech4.4
10AVG Advanced Technologies, LP4.4
11Santanna Energy Services4.4
12Vantage Specialties, Inc.4.3
13Prairie State Generating Company LLC4.3
14FKG Oil Company4.3
15Henry Pratt Co4.3
16Illinova Corporation4.2
17Midwest Generation EME LLC4.2
18Goldwind Americas4.2
19BP Pipelines4.1
20Aftermath Services4.1
21Sun Coal & Coke Co4.1
22Tri-County Electric Inc.4.1
23Carylon4.0
24Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.4.0
25Mold Inspection & Testing MI&T4.0
26Valdes Engineering4.0
27Duraclean Restoration4.0
28Nordic Energy3.9
29Winergy3.9
30Energy Results3.9
31New Generation Power3.8
32Woodhead LP3.8
33Superheat3.7
34LED Lighting3.7
35Eagle Services3.7
36RedWave Energy3.7
37Global Information Systems LLC3.6
38Quincy Recycle3.6
39Greenchoice3.6
40U'sagain3.6
41Navitas Systems3.6
42Mervis Industries Inc. Danville Il3.6
43Brite Energy3.5
44Knight Hawk Coal3.5
45Aqua-Aerobic Systems3.4
46ARI Environmental3.4

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