The 2026 National Electrical Code introduces major changes that go beyond compliance. From intelligent load management and ...

Bechtel and North America’s Building Trades Unions are partnering to modernize apprenticeship programs, aiming to develop a ...

There are a couple of NEC violations with the raceways here. First is a violation of Sec. 300.13 because raceways and cables ...

In this EC&M Tech Talk, electrical code and safety specialist Randy Barnett takes a look at variable frequency drives – what we commonly call VFDs. The NEC, however, specifies requirements for ...

Addressing Poor Power Quality Prevention is important, but so is being prepared when things go wrong. Our last e-book, “Power ...

Explanation: Meter sockets are not permitted to be reconditioned, this requirement was added to the 2026 NEC because there ...

Article 240 provides the general requirements for overcurrent protection and overcurrent protective devices (OCPDs). The job of an OCPD is to open the circuit if the current reaches a value that may ...

Hyperscale isn’t just a type of data center. It’s also a description of what the electrical equipment ecosystem needs to do ...

You work for an electrical services firm, and one of the firm’s clients is a small manufacturing plant. One of the things ...

The term “defer maintenance” typically equates to skipping scheduled maintenance or increasing the interval arbitrarily ...

National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally ...

The partnership expands EV charging solutions for transit agencies with infrastructure and streamlined procurement for ...