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The NEC and NESCPartners for a Safer Tomorrow
Michael J. JohnstonNECA Chairman NEC Correlating Committee
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San Antonio, TX
Nelson G. Bingel IIINESC Chairman
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1880
1882
First Centralized Generation Facility
1888
200 Centralized Generation Facilities
1889
NARUC
1891
IBEW
Chicago World’s Fair Palace of Electricity
1893
Robert Merrill
NEC
1897
Early Timeline
1894
UL
First Electrical Contractor
IEEE
NECA
Pan American ExpositionBuffalo, NY
1901
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1888
200 Centralized Generation Facilities
1889
NARUC
1891
IBEW
Chicago World’s Fair Palace of Electricity
1893
1894
UL
Robert Merrill
NEC
1897
Early Timeline
1913
National Bureau of Standards
1915
NESC
NFPA
NEC
1911
NECA
1901
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The NESC Evolves
1926 4th Edition
1948 5th Edition
1961 6th Edition
1973 IEEEbecameAdministrativeSecretariat
1977 ExtremeWind;GrandfatherClause
’73– ‘90 EmphasisonClearances
1993 RevisionCyclechanged:3to5years
1997+ EmphasisonStrength&Loading
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The NEC Evolves
1890 NELANationalElectricLightAssociation
1896-1897 NBFUNewYorkBoardofFireUnderwriters
1911 NFPANationalFireProtectionAssociation
1984 FirstRulesonSolarPVSystems
1990-1996 RulesforElectricVehicles
2002-2011 RulesforFuelCellsandWindPower
2014 RulesforEnergyManagementSystems
2017 RulesforEnergyStorageandMicro-grids
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Many Decades of Stable Electricity Model
NEC
NECNEC
NESC
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Atechnologythatsignificantlyaltersthewaythatindustriesoperateandforcestheparticipantstoaltertheirapproachorriskbecomingirrelevant
There’s no question about it… we live in exciting times
and challenging
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“Changeisthelawoflife,andthosewholookonlytothepastorpresentarecertaintomissthefuture”--
JohnF.Kennedy
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The pace of change is accelerating, and the evidence is all
around us
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Many questions… few clear answers
WhichCodeapplies?
Whatreallyconstitutesautility? Where’stheservicepoint?
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And our current set of challenges is no different
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We have a choice… let’s meet the current challenges head-on
The question was put to key NFPA and IEEE stakeholders:
How can we best ‘engage the challenge’?
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Everyone was in agreement
TheTimeis
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Clear consensus on our must-do’s
Renewthecommitmenttoopencommunicationandcooperationacrossallstakeholders
EnsuretightalignmentbetweenbothCodes
Promotegreatergeneralawarenessandeducationaroundourcollectiveindustrychallenges
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Our immediate next step…
NEC NESC
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Our personal challenge…
JimPauleyNFPAPresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer
“Aswejointlytackleourcollectiveissuesandchallenges,Ihaveabsolutelynodoubtthatwewillprevailaslongasallparticipantsareguidedbywhatisbestforthepublicsafetythatweallserve.”
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Codes of the Future!
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The fact is… we have a long history of successfully addressing
change
1880
1882PearlStreetStation
1930’sHydroelectricPower
1950’sNuclearPower
