Note from the CEO/Executive Director: City of Dallas, Cuts about 36 Percent of Building Inspection Staff
from IAEI
 In the September/October editorial, I wrote that the Dallas Morning News had reported that the city of Dallas would not cut code enforcement departments in balancing the budget. It was my impression from that article that “building inspectors--electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and building—and fire inspectors were specifically singled out as those that would NOT be cut.” Unfortunately, this information was incorrect. More 
Connecting the Inverter
from IAEI Magazine
Connecting the utility-interactive inverter properly is critical to the safe, long-term and reliable operation of the entire system. Proper grounding of the inverter will minimize the possibility of electrical shocks and damage from surge currents. Understanding and applying the requirements of NEC 690.47 to the inverter grounding connections is somewhat complex but ensures that the user will be safe and that the inverter and other equipment will suffer minimum damage under surge conditions.
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ESFI Urges North Carolina State Board to Reaffirm Commitment to Electrical Fire Safety
from Business Wire
The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) has issued a call to action to the North Carolina Building Code Council (BCC) to adopt the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC) in its entirety - a move that would provide North Carolina residents and their homes with the most advanced electrical fire protection available today. More
Heavy Metal
from Electrical Contractor Magazine
In section 250.52(A)(2) of the 2005 and the 2008 editions of the National Electrical Code (NEC), the metal frame of a building or structure is considered to be a grounding electrode if the metal frame is connected to earth by one of four different methods. Upon analyzing the four different methods, many electricians’ question whether the four methods provide an appropriate connection to earth. Careful study of the NEC text is necessary to answer that question. More
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 AFC's NEW MC-Quik™ & MC-Stat™ install in a Snap without the Wrap. Each contain an oversized aluminum grounding wire plus armor for equipment grounding. MC-Quik does not have overall conductor wrap. MC-Stat for HCF has a green grounding conductor (NEC 517), no paper wrap. It's a Snap without the Wrap.
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Electric Shock for Welder Prompts HSE to Encourage Maintenance
from Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is calling on factory owners to regularly maintain their electrical systems after an incident at a Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England company. Stewart Baxter, 24, from Holbeach, suffered an electric shock while connecting a portable welder to an extension cable at D A Green & Sons Ltd., Baxter was sent to hospital and required a week off work for burns to his fingers after the incident in 2008.
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Boulder, Colo., is First 'Smart Grid' City in the World
from the Denver Business Journal
Xcel Energy Inc. said it has finished building the infrastructure and has launched the software needed to run its "SmartGridCity" project in Boulder, Colo., making it the world's "first fully functioning smart grid enabled city." The $100 million venture, funded by the utility and its partners, is testing new technologies that could be used to upgrade the nation's electric power grid. More
California Lawmakers Pass Tougher Clean Energy Goals
from Reuters
A bill that would power up California's already ambitious effort to shift to cleaner, renewable energy has cleared the state legislature, but it was uncertain if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would sign it. Schwarzenegger, who supports the more aggressive requirements in the measure, is under pressure from interests such as small energy producers and local utility districts to veto the bill.More
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