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 …
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
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 …
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
ANSI/NETA ETT–2022 REVISION COMPLETED ANSI/NETA ETT, Standard for Certification of Electrical Testing Technicians, has completed an American National Standard revision process. ANSI administrative approval was granted January 7, 2022. The new edition was released at PowerTest in March 2022 and supersedes the 2018 edition. ANSI/NETA ETT establishes minimum requirements for qualifications, certification, training, and experience for the electrical testing technician. …
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
ANSI/NETA ETT–2022 REVISION COMPLETED ANSI/NETA ETT, Standard for Certification of Electrical Testing Technicians, has completed an American National Standard revision process. ANSI administrative approval was granted January 7, 2022. The new edition will be released in March 2022 and supersedes the 2018 edition. ANSI/NETA ETT establishes minimum requirements for qualifications, certification, training, and experience for the electrical testing technician. It …
IEEE Transformer Committee Report
With the global pandemic continuing, the IEEE Transformer Committee was forced to conduct the fall meeting virtually. Despite the inability to meet together, the IEEE Transformer Committee remains very active and is committed to developing stronger guides to help the power industry. INSULATING FLUIDS SUBCOMMITTEE C57.146 Within the Insulating Fluids Subcommittee, the working group for C57.146, IEEE Guide for Interpretation …
NFPA 70B Committee Report
The second draft of the NFPA 70B document, which is being rewritten as a standard, closed on February 9, 2022. The Second Draft report is scheduled to be posted on November 2, 2022. The Second Draft meeting is anticipated to take place in the spring of 2022. This will depend on many factors, as COVID continues to disrupt schedules to …
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
ANSI/NETA ETT–2018 REVISION SCHEDULED FOR 2022 ANSI/NETA ETT, Standard for Certification of Electrical Testing Technicians, 2018 Edition is in the process of revision. The initial ballot was completed July 2021. Suggested comments and revisions will be reviewed by the Standards Review Council in fall 2021. A second ballot is scheduled for late 2021. The revised edition of NETA ETT is …
ANSI/NETA Standards Update
ANSI/NETA ETT–2018 REVISION SCHEDULED FOR 2021 ANSI/NETA ETT, Standard for Certification of Electrical Testing Technicians, 2018 Edition is in the process of revision. The initial ballot was completed July 2021. Suggested comments and revisions will be reviewed by the Standards Review Council in fall 2021. A second ballot is scheduled for late 2021. The revised edition of NETA ETT is scheduled to …
CSA Z462 Workplace Electrical Safety — 2021 Edition Changes & Updates
Changes in the CSA Z462, Workplace electrical safety Standard are slowing down. Good news! That said, the 2021 Edition includes significant reorganization of content in Clause 4.1 and Clause 4.3, changes to existing annexes and some new annexes, and a significant change to the Arc Flash PPE Category Method of determining “additional protective measures” for a work task’s arc flash …
Committee Report: NFPA 70B
The new NFPA 70B, Recommended Practice for Electrical Equipment Maintenance closed its First Draft balloting on June 11, 2021, at 11:59 PM EDT. Much work has been done — and will continue to be done — by the committee members. This has been a huge re-write with chapters added, moved, renamed, and completely revamped. Material that was anything but a …