As far as I know WISPA has not been talking about it.
From: Steve Jones
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 9:12 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] NEC heartburn
Are any WISPA representatives on this issue to get clarification of impact,
maybe some resources by region
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:39 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
The whole company and everything we do is not covered. That is how I read
it.
Not covered:
Informational Note to (4) and (5): Examples of utilities may include those
entities that are typically designated or recognized by governmental law or
regulation by public service/utility commissions and that install, operate, and
maintain electric supply (such as generation, transmission, or distribution
systems) or communications systems (such as telephone, CATV,
Internet, satellite, or data services).
From: Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 1:42 AM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] NEC heartburn
Doesn't the note only apply to this exemption:
"(4) Installations of communications equipment under the exclusive control of
communications utilities located outdoors or in building spaces used
exclusively for such installations."
So your CO or NOC would be fine. Probably a phone room as well. Same with
pedestals, outdoor cabinents, and I'd argue the ONT on the outside of a
building.
Hanging an indoor ONT/NID in someone's garage wouldn't be "in building spaces
used exclusively for such installations". Neither would an installation in an
office space, etc....
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
I read it as our entity is not covered. So everything we do.
From: Forrest Christian (List Account)
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:07 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] NEC heartburn
The way I read this, an outdoor ONT is exempt. .. an indoor one would not
be?
On May 11, 2017 4:31 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
NFPA 70: DOCUMENT SCOPE
90.2 Scope.
(A) Covered. This Code covers the installation and removal of electrical
conductors, equipment, and raceways; signaling and communications conductors,
equipment, and raceways; and optical fiber cables and raceways for the
following:
(1) Public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile
homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings
(2) Yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals, and industrial substations
(3) Installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply
of electricity
(4) Installations used by the electric utility, such as office buildings,
warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are not an
integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control center
(B) Not Covered. This Code does not cover the following:
(1) Installations in ships, watercraft other than floating buildings,
railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile homes
and recreational vehicles
Informational Note: Although the scope of this Code indicates that the
Code does not cover installations in ships, portions of this Code are
incorporated by reference into Title 46, Code of
Federal Regulations, Parts 110–113.
(2) Installations underground in mines and self-propelled mobile surface
mining machinery and its attendant electrical trailing cable
(3) Installations of railways for generation, transformation,
transmission, energy storage, or distribution of power used exclusively for
operation of rolling stock or installations used exclusively for signaling and
communications purposes
(4) Installations of communications equipment under the exclusive control
of communications utilities located outdoors or in building spaces used
exclusively for such installations
(5) Installations under the exclusive control of an electric utility
where such installations
a. Consist of service drops or service laterals, and associated metering,
or
b. Are on property owned or leased by the electric utility for the
purpose of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation,
transmission, energy storage, or distribution of electric energy, or
c. Are located in legally established easements or rights-of-way, or
d. Are located by other written agreements either designated by or
recognized by public service commissions, utility commissions, or other
regulatory agencies having jurisdiction for such installations. These written
agreements shall be limited to installations for the purpose of communications,
metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission, energy storage, or
distribution of electric energy where legally established easements or
rights-of-way cannot be obtained. These installations shall be limited to
federal lands, Native American reservations through the U.S. Department of the
Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, military bases, lands controlled by port
authorities and state agencies and departments, and lands owned by railroads.
Informational Note to (4) and (5): Examples of utilities may include
those entities that are typically designated or recognized by governmental law
or regulation by public service/utility commissions and that install, operate,
and maintain electric supply (such as generation, transmission, or distribution
systems) or communications systems (such as telephone, CATV,
Internet, satellite, or data services). Utilities may be subject to
compliance with codes and standards covering their regulated activities as
adopted under governmental law or regulation.
Additional information can be found through consultation with the
appropriate governmental bodies, such as state regulatory commissions, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission.
(C) Special Permission. The authority having jurisdiction for enforcing
this Code may grant exception for the installation of conductors and equipment
that are not under the exclusive control of the electric utilities and are used
to connect the electric utility supply system to the service conductors of the
premises served, provided such installations are outside a building or
structure, or terminate inside at a readily accessible location nearest the
point of entrance of the service conductors.
--
Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
