Understanding the NESC – for Distribution Utilities – 2 days

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Who should attend: Staking/Field Technicians; Distribution Line Workers; System and Line Designers; Engineers; Utility Managers; Engineering Managers; System Engineers; Line Inspection personnel; and Electric Utility Contractors. Pre-requisite: A basic understanding of distribution power systems & line design is recommended.

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Hours: 14    CEUs: 1.4 (PDHs: 14)

 

This 2 day NESC review course that provides a general overview of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) was developed primarily for electric utility personnel and contractors responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of distribution power lines and systems. The course provides attendees with a brief history of the NESC, its purpose, as well as the structure of the organization, roles of committees and the process for determining rules. The course focuses on rules associated with installation and maintenance of overhead and underground electric supply and communication lines, work rules associated with the same, and with particular attention given to changes introduced in the latest 2023 edition of the NESC. Worksheet exercises allow participants to apply NESC rules as they calculate load, clearance and sag for sample designs. A course guide is provided.

 

Students should bring a copy of the 2023 NESC (not provided). The 2023 NESC will be available August 1, 2022 and may be purchased from IEEE (http://www.ieee.com).

 

Our Instructor

 

Mickey Gunter is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and retired Georgia Power Company engineer, with over 40 years of distribution construction and engineering design, standards and training experience. With more than 20 years direct involvement with the NESC ANSI C-2 Committee, Mickey has become an industry expert on NESC rules and interpretations. He serves on numerous NESC Technical Sub-committees responsible for writing NESC rules, and serves on the NESC Interpretations Committee, as well.