IEEE Hosting National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC®) Change Proposal Development Workshop

Workshop emphasis on inclusiveness and open dialogue fosters
deliberation on essential change proposals ahead of the 16 July 2018
deadline for submissions

PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated
to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE
Standards Association (IEEE-SA), today announced it will be
conducting a National
Electrical Safety Code® (NESC®) Change Proposal Workshop to be held
10-11 April 2018 at The
Desoto hotel in Savannah, Georgia. The NESC is the authoritative
code for ensuring the continued practical safeguarding of persons and
utility facilities during the installation, operation and maintenance of
electric supply and communication facilities. The IEEE-SA NESC Change
Proposal Workshop will explore some of the latest innovations and
impacts in technical areas such as Distributed Generation, 5G, IoT,
Resiliency, Energy Storage, and more.

Commissioner Tim Echols of the Georgia Public Service Commission and
Danny W. Lindsey, senior vice president, Power Delivery, Georgia Power,
will present keynote addresses at the event, which marks a milestone in
a five-year review and revision process that will lead to the next
publication of the NESC in 2022. Stakeholders interested in leveraging
this unique and invaluable networking opportunity by participating in
roundtable discussions and lending their voice to the process can review
the NESC
Change Proposal Workshop preliminary agenda and register by visiting
the workshop’s
registration page.

“As the NESC leadership works more proactively with its industry
partners and within the regulatory community to anticipate future needs,
we must also modernize procedures that engage stakeholders in new ways,”
said Nelson Bingel, chair, NESC. “By encouraging a broader level of
participation to improve the code through innovations such as the NESC
mobile app and online learning courses, and through events like the
IEEE-SA Change Proposal Workshop, the NESC can better address emerging
technologies in a rapidly changing landscape and maintain focus on
balancing the paramount principle of safety.”

The
IEEE Standards University has recently included additional NESC
educational content in support of the further development of the NESC,
bringing a total of seven online courses now available that address
the NESC. The two new eLearnings recently added to the IEEE Xplore
digital library are:

• Safety
  Rules of the Installation and Maintenance of Underground Electric
  Supply
• Safety
  Rules for Installation and Maintenance of Overhead Electric Supply

The 2022 NESC Revision Submission period opened 2 April 2018. Please
consider submitting edits, changes, and additions for the NESC during
this period in order to be considered for inclusion in the 2022 Edition
which will be released in August 2021.

A new white paper on the topic of grid resiliency will be presented at
the NESC Workshop that will examine the major themes and research
surrounding infrastructure resilience in one of the 16 sectors – energy
– and specifically focus on the transmission and distribution functions
within the domestic power system. To be notified when the white paper is
available, please subscribe to NESC news and updates at the bottom of
the NESC
home page.

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