Incorporated in 1938 as the Albany Electrical Contractors Association (AECA), the Albany Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association is the regional chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) serving Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington Counties and part of Greene County. The AECA-Albany Chapter of NECA represents 21 member contractors and 50 electrical contractors who have signed on to the Collective Bargaining Agreements negotiated with The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 236.