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Kudos to outlet box and receptacle industries for addressing field problems head on

The outlet box and receptacle industries are to be commended for tackling reported field problems with excessive stress and breaking of weatherproof-while-in-use box covers. After learning about which kinds of installations saw these problems more prominantly, the NEMA outlet box and wiring device groups...

Published Tue, Jan 06 2009 4:06 PM by leibowitzm

Filed under: General, Electrical Safety

Investigators call Soldier’s electrocution “negligent homicide”

The death of a soldier electrocuted while showering at a military facility in Iraq a year ago may be changed from accidental death to negligent homicide. Army criminal investigators say that KBR, the largest US contractor in Iraq, may have failed to have qualified electricians and plumbers undertaking...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 8:33 AM by Winstanley, Gerard

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Building Codes, Safety and Standardization, Standardization

Access

Not to downplay the challenges -- and opportunities -- we are facing here in the U.S., or that many are facing in less developing countries around the world, here are a few thought-provoking points from a recent survey of India published in The Economist magazine. I have not independently verified but...

Published Mon, Jan 05 2009 3:01 PM by updykec

Filed under: General, Electrical Grid, Trade

What's Ahead For Healthcare IT in 2009

With the election of Barack Obama, our nation will be confronting major, complex foreign and domestic issues, including a troubled economy, mounting budget deficit, a worsening housing crisis, unrest in the middle east and two wars. One of the most pressing domestic issues will be healthcare reform....

Published Thu, Jan 08 2009 9:09 AM by Eaton, Richard

Filed under: medical imaging

Smart Grid Gets Another Boost from the President

Let me speculate that a year ago most politicians or members of the media had no idea what Smart Grid was, much less the details about why we need to modernize our electric grid. That's all changed, and while NEMA can take credit for some of the increased exposure, it helps when the guy with the...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 7:23 AM by golds

Filed under: Smart Grid

HOW MUCH IS A TRILLION DOLLARS?

Whats's a trillion dollars? As we all become bombarded by the daily media blitz regarding the continuing saga in the varying amounts contained in projected stimuli (AKA Bailout) bills and financial shortfalls identified in millions, billions and even trillion dollar amounts, we run the risk of becoming...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 2:43 PM by Buckson, William

Banking on a Solution

With a new administration often comes new ideas, but it appears the Obama administration is working on yet another version of a financial industry rescue - let's call it TARP 3.0. The main piece of this package would be an " aggregator " bank that would serve as a dumping ground for banks'...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 9:47 AM by Lego, Brian

Filed under: Economics

A New President, A New Era -- for the Electric Grid

President Barack Obama took office at 12 noon today (even though he wasn't sworn in until 12:03). I was delighted that in his inaugural speech , he expressed the need to rebuild America -- and specifically, the electric grid. Here's what he said: The state of the economy calls for action, bold...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2009 12:30 PM by golds

Filed under: Electrical Grid

Kudos to the European Commission on Revising the Metric Labeling Directive

We've just gotten word from our friends in Europe that the EU metric labeling directive has finally been modified FROM requiring all products (and product packaging, training materials, other collateral materials, etc.) entering the EC after December 31, 2009 to use only metric measures and nomenclature...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2009 8:23 AM by Scolnik, Alvin

Filed under: Regulation, Trade

Energy Storage Technology Is Vital For "Smart" Grid Efforts

NEMA is taking the lead in making Smart Grid and Energy Storage technologies a reality. The NEMA Energy Storage Council (ESC) has held successful meetings where attendees have drafted a list of application categories that help define where Energy Storage (ES) and Distributed Generation (DG) technologies...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2009 12:08 PM by Schweitzer, Eric

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Economy, Environment, Regulation, transmission, grid, Intelligent Transportation Management, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, NARUC, electricity, demand response, wind, DC power distribution, Economics

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