We were formed to handle complex projects at the edge of the grid; leading the buildout of distributed energy infrastructure in our region.
Our Values
We surface problems early. We are clear about what we can and cannot do. We own the risks we take and finish the job, even when it costs us.
Integrity
We build where the grid is weakest. We manage local union crews and specialty subcontractors. Jobs stay in the community the system serves.
Impact
This technology is new to almost everyone in the room: owners, utilities, inspectors. We do not leave them to work it out alone. We lead the conversation until everyone knows their part.
Communication
Safety does not begin and end during construction. We design the system to be safe to live with and plan the work so that nobody gets hurt while building it.
Safety
We choose equipment for the site, not from a catalog. Our superintendents check the work at every stage, not just at the end. Our clients approve our pre-vetted subcontractors before we contract them.
Quality
Our job is to manage risk for our clients. We price the whole job, not just the easy parts. We would rather lose work than win it at a price we know will turn into delays and change orders.
Responsibility
Behind The Name
Sulis was the goddess of the hot spring at Bath in southwest England, associated with foresight and transformation. When the Romans arrived, they did not replace her; they paired her with their own Minerva and kept the name. Callum McSherry, our president, grew up in the UK and his mother is from Bath.
Callum and Markus Virta, founders of Cascadia Renewables, are sons of families who worked in the fossil fuel industry. Callum's father left British Coal and British Gas for wind and solar late in his career, and Markus's father worked in refinery operations. They partnered with Josh and John Huntley, who own Mills Electric, the principal electrical contractor to Pacific Northwest refineries. All four saw the same need coming to the region.
The refinery economy built much of this region, and it built a generation of exceptional electricians. The work ahead (local, distributed, renewable) will matter to the Pacific Northwest on the same scale, and it needs the same people. Career refinery electricians form the backbone of the crews on our sites; the same craft, passed to a new generation of workers.
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