2017 National Electrical Safety Code(R) (NESC(R)) PDF (Not Available)

Abtract:

This Code covers basic provisions for safeguarding of persons from hazards arising from the installation, operation, or maintenance of (1) conductors and equipment in electric supply stations, and (2) overhead and underground electric supply and communication lines. It also includes work rules for the construction, maintenance, and operation of electric supply and communication lines and equipment. The Code is applicable to the systems and equipment operated by utilities, or similar systems and equipment, of an industrial establishment or complex under the control of qualified persons. This Code consists of the introduction, definitions, grounding rules, list of referenced and bibliographic documents, and Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the 2017 Edition of the National Electrical Safety Code.

Scope:

The NESC covers:1. Supply and communication facilities (including metering) and associated work practicesemployed by a public or private electric supply, communications, railway, trolley, street andarea lighting, traffic signal (or other signal), irrigation district or other community ownedutility, or a similar utility in the exercise of its function as a utility.2. The generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity, lumens, communication signals,and communication data through public and private utility systems that are installed andmaintained under the exclusive control of utilities or their authorized representatives.3. Utility facilities and functions of utilities that either (a) generate energy by conversion fromsome other form of energy such as, but not limited to, fossil fuel, chemical, nuclear, solar,mechanical, wind or hydraulic or communication signals, or accept energy or communicationsignals from another entity, or (b) provide that energy or communication signals through adelivery point to another entity.

Purpose:

The purpose of the NESC is the practical safeguarding of persons and utility facilities during theinstallation, operation, and maintenance of electric supply and communication facilities, underspecified conditions.