A circuit breaker module (4, 5, 6) including a faceplate assembly, said circuit breaker module having a frame assembly and a number of circuit breakers, said circuit breaker module frame assembly having a front member and a back member, said circuit breaker module frame assembly front member and said circuit breaker module frame assembly back member being spaced from each other and defining an enclosed space, said circuit breakers each having a body with an outwardly extending movable handle, each said circuit breaker body disposed in said circuit breaker module frame assembly enclosed space, said faceplate assembly comprising: a faceplate having a planar member with a first side and a second side, wherein the planar member is a compressive member and said planar member first side has a number of opaque portions and a number of translucent portions, said planar member defining a number of openings that are sized to receive the respective movable handles of the circuit breakers so as to prevent a passage of light though the openings while permitting the light to pass through the translucent portions of the planar member first side, each planar member first side translucent portion disposed adjacent one planar member opening; a number of sources of localized illumination; each said source of localized illumination disposed adjacent said planar member second side and adjacent a planar member first side translucent portion, wherein said source of localized illumination may be illuminated causing a selected planar member first side translucent portion to be illuminated, wherein said source of localized illumination is an electroluminescent backlight that is a panel member applied to the planar member; and a number of faceplate assembly fasteners and a number of faceplate assembly couplings, the faceplate assembly couplings being sized and positioned to correspond to the faceplate assembly fasteners; wherein the faceplate planar member is spaced from the circuit breaker module frame assembly back member such that when said faceplate assembly fasteners are connected to said faceplate assembly couplings, said faceplate planar member compresses said circuit breakers in said frame assembly so as to bias the circuit breakers towards the circuit breaker module frame assembly back member. a faceplate having a planar member with a first side and a second side, wherein the planar member is a compressive member and said planar member first side has a number of opaque portions and a number of translucent portions, said planar member defining a number of openings that are sized to receive the respective movable handles of the circuit breakers so as to prevent a passage of light though the openings while permitting the light to pass through the translucent portions of the planar member first side, each planar member first side translucent portion disposed adjacent one planar member opening; a number of sources of localized illumination; each said source of localized illumination disposed adjacent said planar member second side and adjacent a planar member first side translucent portion, wherein said source of localized illumination may be illuminated causing a selected planar member first side translucent portion to be illuminated, wherein said source of localized illumination is an electroluminescent backlight that is a panel member applied to the planar member; and a number of faceplate assembly fasteners and a number of faceplate assembly couplings, the faceplate assembly couplings being sized and positioned to correspond to the faceplate assembly fasteners; wherein the faceplate planar member is spaced from the circuit breaker module frame assembly back member such that when said faceplate assembly fasteners are connected to said faceplate assembly couplings, said faceplate planar member compresses said circuit breakers in said frame assembly so as to bias the circuit breakers towards the circuit breaker module frame assembly back member.