NETA is pleased to announce Sabino Electric Inc. as a Qualified Electrical Equipment Maintenance Company (QEMC). The company achieved certification by participating in NETA’s new QEMC and QEMW qualification program, launched in 2024 to respond to new requirements for electrical equipment maintenance based on NFPA 70B–2023®, Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance®. The new requirements make proper electrical equipment maintenance mandatory …
Piquette & Howard Electric Service, LLC, was one of the first companies to participate in NETA’s new QEMC and QEMW qualification program developed to respond to NFPA 70B–2023 requirements that make proper electrical equipment maintenance mandatory and enforceable. P&H services all of New England from locations in Plaistow, New Hampshire, and Raynham, Massachusetts. We caught up with Jim Cole, Department …
Jesse Stutts Inc. (JSI) has joined the leaders of NETA’s new Qualified Electrical Equipment Maintenance Companies (QEMCs). The company achieved certification by participating in NETA’s new QEMC and QEMW qualification program, launched in 2024 to respond to new requirements for electrical equipment maintenance based on NFPA 70B–2023®, Standard for Electrical Equipment Maintenance®. The new requirements make proper electrical equipment maintenance …
PowerTest — the Premier Electrical Power Safety and Reliability Conference — is one important and highly effective action that will help you solve your business challenges and elevate your organization. Make your plans to send your technicians, project managers, and sales teams.
The energy sector is undergoing a significant transformation, with smart grids playing a crucial role in this shift. A smart grid is an advanced electricity network that enables bidirectional communication between utilities and consumers, powered by digital technologies. Smart grids rely on advanced technologies, including automated metering, energy storage, and digital communication, to create a more efficient, responsive, and sustainable …
Our world is in the midst of a profound electrical transformation, a foundational shift comparable to the industrial revolution’s transition from steam to electricity or the telecommunication industry’s leap from analog to digital. While this change is driven by many forces — from the electrification of transport to the integration of renewables — it is being supercharged by one in …
This article explores how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can enhance our work and the power grid’s efficiency.
The power grid faces numerous challenges, from aging infrastructure and increasing demand to retiring professionals and integrating new technologies like virtualization. We are moving away from large, centralized power plants towards more renewables such as solar and wind.
NETA’s Corporate Alliance Partners (CAPs) are industry-leading companies that have joined forces with NETA to work together toward a common aim: improving quality, safety, and electrical system reliability. This ongoing NETA World series focuses on the thought leadership behind these successful companies. For this issue’s CAP Spotlight, we talked to Paul Seppanen, who founded A-Rent Test Equipment in 2019 to …
Life ends at 40. It’s just a fact that after 40, survivability drops to zero, and we are assured of a fiery, violent death. I am, of course, referring to incident energy calculations that indicate a value above 40 cal/cm². It is easy to understand the origin of this misconception. In bold black letters, some analysis software indicates that above …
The reliability of medium-voltage underground systems is a foundational element for the continuous performance of wind farms, particularly in regions with challenging environmental conditions. In a global context of increasing integration of renewable energy sources into the electrical matrix, failures in buried insulated cables not only affect system availability but also jeopardize operational and economic safety. The investigation described in …