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This inaugural event will set the stage for users to convene and examine the issues that impact the NESC.
National Electrical Safety Code®(NESC®) Summit: Past, Present and Future
The first meeting of its kind to help guide the future of safety in the electrical power and communications environments
28-29 April 2015
Hilton Alexandria Old Town
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
View photos from the NESC 2015 Summit
This inaugural event will set the stage for users to convene and examine the issues that impact the NESC. Continuing upon its first 100 years of success, the NESC is seeking input on envisioning the next 100 years by serving to maintain the NESC as a vital and relevant industry safety code that protects workers and the public. With your participation, we can drive the future direction of the NESC.
The NESC Summit will examine issues that impact the NESC and the industry it supports today, including:
This Summit will raise awareness of the NESC to relevant stakeholders, including government, industry (non-utility), utilities, trade associations, and others; inform of the importance and value of the NESC to utilities, regulators, and the public; and lastly, to seek input on the future direction of the NESC.
This conference and a social reception, following the events of Day 1, will provide an opportunity to meet and network with NESC Main Committee members, Executive Subcommittee members, Technical Subcommittee members, IEEE Standards Association staff, as well as utility company management and pertinent government agencies such as the DOE, OSHA and NIST. This is an opportunity to provide your thoughts in support of the future of the NESC!
Download the NESC Visioning Sessions Output Paper
For more information on the NESC, contact Sue Vogel.
Presentations
National Electrical Safety Code®(NESC®) Summit: Past, Present and Future
Opening & Welcome
Michael J. Hyland, PE, NESC Chair & Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, American Public Power Association
Session 1: NESC: The First 100 Years and What the NESC Covers
What the NESC Covers
James R. Tomaseski, NESC Vice-Chair, Director of Safety, PAR Electric
NESC: The First 100 Years
Don Hooper, Chair, NESC Interpretations Subcommittee, EC&S, Inc.
Renewables and the NESC
Lee Kraemer, Director - H&S, Product Stewardship, Sustainability, First Solar
Session 2: How the NESC is Used Today
The National Electric Safety Code® Used as an Oversight Tool
Jorge A. Camacho, PE, Chief, Infrastructure and System Planning, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia
Grounding, Substations & Overhead Lines
Richard M. Waddell, PE, Vice President - Southeast Region Transmission & Substation Engineering, UC Synergetic
How the NESC is Used Today
Chad A. Knutson, EE, CLCP, Safety & Loss Prevention Consultant, Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange
Keynote
Dean A. McKenzie, Deputy Director of the OSHA Directorate of Construction, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Session 3: Resiliency – A National View
Resilience: A National View Introductory Comments
Leon Kempner Jr., Ph.D., Principal Structural Engineer, Bonneville Power Administration
Resilience: A National View
Stephen A. Cauffman, Manager, Community Resilience Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Session 4: A Utility View on Electric Supply Resiliency
Electric Transmission Resiliency
Robert W. Bradish, Vice President, Transmission Grid Development, American Electrical Power and Jeff Fleeman, Director, Advanced Transmission Studies & Technologies, American
Electrical Power
What is "Resiliency"?
Daniel K. Glover, Vice President, Power Delivery Distribution, Alabama Power Company
Lessons Learned - SCE
Robert G. Woods, Managing Director of Asset Management and Operations Support, Southern California Edison
Session 5: The NESC of the Future – New Technologies
To "Drone" or Not to "Drone"?
Wesley J. Oliphant, PE, AWS-CWI, F.SEI, F.ASCE, President, ReliaPOLE Inspection Services Company, Inc., Advanced Aerial Inspection Resources, Inc.
Augmented Reality & Wearable Computing
Ken Hepburn, Vice President, Business Development, DAQRI
