NETA’s Corporate Alliance Partners (CAPs) are a group of industry-leading companies that have joined forces with NETA to work together toward a common goal: Improve quality, safety, and electrical system reliability. In our continuing CAP Spotlight series, NETA talks to Jackie Peer, Head of Strategic Business Development about the thought leadership and subject-matter expertise at OMICRON electronics. NWJ: What are …
ANSI/NETA MTS–2019 REVISION IN PROCESS A standards revision is in process for ANSI/NETA–2019, Standard for Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems, to be released in the Spring of 2023. The recirculation ballot and public comment period ended on December 18, 2022. The Standards Review Council will review all comments for consideration by the end of January. The …
Steve Newton, National Training Center Training Program Manager at National Field Service, is a great example of a veteran making the most of his service years. Now, as he approaches 33 years in the industry, his mission is to pay his experience forward to a new generation. Newton is also a subject matter expert for the National Institute for …
Thirty-one years into his career, Potomac Testing Project Manager Wyatt Hamrick says he is humbled by the lessons he has learned, but also proud of the many achievements and fond memories his career has provided. With 10 years of service in the U.S. Army and 21 years of electrical testing experience under his belt, Hamrick says his own deep curiosity …
ANSI/NETA MTS–2019 REVISION IN PROCESS A standards revision is in process for ANSI/NETA–2019, Standard for Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems to be released in March 2023. The initial ballot and public comment period ended on August 29, 2022. The Standards Review Council will review all comments for consideration by the end of October. A second ballot …
The NFPA 70B Committee met via online video calls to review the public inputs on the Second Draft. This meeting was held between April 25–29 2022. Several task groups held side meetings — some late at night and others very early in the morning — to complete the proposed responses to each input. Balloting for the Second Draft 70B closed …
Electro Test LLC was founded in 2018 when Brad Helminen decided there were enough opportunities and an open market for NETA testing in Oahu and the surrounding Hawaiian Islands. Younger brother Jared decided he would also try his hand at running a business, and he and his family followed Brad to the North Shore of Oahu to start the new …
NAMO COMMITTEE — U.S. ARMY PRIME POWER SCHOOL GRADUATION August 25, 2022 Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Dave Kreger, member of the NETA NAMO Committee, attended the Prime Power School graduation in August. While there, Dave handed out certificates to the graduates and facilitated discussions regarding the NETA NAMO Program. NETA BOARD AND MEMBER MEETINGS September 15–16, 2022 Louisville, Kentucky NETA’s …
NETA’s Corporate Alliance Partners (CAPs) are a group of industry-leading companies that have joined forces with NETA to work together toward a common aim: improving quality, safety, and electrical system reliability. Here, our continuing CAP Spotlight series talks to President Ashley Ledbetter about the thought leadership and subject-matter expertise of Group CBS. NW: What are the biggest challenges facing your …
ANSI/NETA MTS–2019 REVISION IN PROCESS A standards revision is in process for ANSI/NETA–2019, Standard for Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems to be released in March of 2023. The BSR-8 was filed with the American National Standard Institute on June 28, 2022 notifying ANSI of the future initial ballot and public comment period. The initial ballot was …