NETA BOARD AND MEMBER MEETING September 7–8, 2023Las Vegas, Nevada NETA’s fall board and member meetings held in Las Vegas focused on members, PowerTest, industry awareness, certification, and standards development. The board meeting heavily focused on the strategic initiatives for the upcoming fiscal year. The member meeting included updates on association programs, as well as the first Accredited Representative/Technician Representative …
ELECTRICAL TEST TECH RECOGNIZED AS NETA ACCREDITED COMPANY
Electrical Test Tech LLC (ETT) works with local utility companies, electrical contractors, and facility maintenance contractors for various federal and commercial facilities in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia region. Their work consists of acceptance testing and maintenance testing. ETT was founded by Dave Haskin of Welcome, Maryland, in 2019. Haskin has been working in the electrical testing industry since …
Megger Joins NETA as Corporate Alliance Partner
Established in the late 1800s, Megger has been designing and making test and measurement instruments that perform electrical measurements for preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and commissioning for decades. Megger products are categorized into seven core application segments: cable test and diagnostics, protection relays and systems, circuit breakers, transformer test and diagnostics, low-voltage installations, general electrical testing, and motor and generator testing. …
NETA Welcomes New Accredited Company: Sigma C Power Services
Sigma C is proud to be a NETA Accredited Company. We are a family business offering acceptance and maintenance testing of all types of electrical power equipment, as well as troubleshooting and commissioning services. The company also offers engineering services: protection and control design/upgrade, system studies, owner’s engineer, NERC services, and upgrade and new substation design. The Sigma C team …
FSS Recognized as NETA Accredited Company
Field Service Specialists (FSS) is a small family-oriented company that believes in growth within the entire company. Located in Houston, the company provides cost-effective electrical engineering and electrical field services for its clients in the oil and gas, nuclear, and solar industries. FSS excels in engineering solutions and field testing of transmission and distribution systems, medium- and high-voltage substation electrical …
LND Technical Services Achieves NETA Accredited Company Status
LND Technical Services (LNDTS) is a certified minority- and women-owned technical services firm providing a wide range of power services. They specialize in testing and commissioning as well as short- and long-term maintenance for low-, medium-, and high-voltage systems across a wide range of industry segments. LNDTS’s experienced technicians can perform acceptance testing and commissioning for power, SCADA, and protection …
NETA Quarterly Activities Update June 2023
NETA STRATEGY AND BOARD MEETING June 7–8, 2023Quebec City, Quebec, Canada NETA’s Board of Directors met on June 7–8, 2023, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Strategy discussions centered on membership, training initiatives, standards, and industry awareness. Additionally, committee chairs reported on year-to-date accomplishments and initiatives to complete by the end of fiscal 2023. The next meeting is scheduled for September …
BCS Switchgear Joins NETA as Corporate Alliance Partner
Founded in 1998, BCS Switchgear is an industry leader in new and obsolete electrical control and distribution equipment. The company’s mission is to extend the electrical life of their customers’ electrical power equipment by providing high-quality remanufactured medium- and low-voltage switchgear, circuit breakers, motor control centers, and contactor/starters to the power generation and industrial manufacturing industries. As one of the …
Outstanding Achievement Award — Steve Newton
The 2023 NETA Outstanding Achievement Award recipient holds a passion for the industry, especially when it comes to training electrical technicians and engineers,” said Eric Beckman,
Alliance Recognition Award — Charles Sweetser
Ron Widup, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, and Senior Advisor, Technical Services at Shermco Industries, kept the mystery alive before he revealed the 2023 recipient of NETA’s Alliance Recognition Award at PowerTest 2023.