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New Yorks Dark Skies Bill a Model for Outdoor Lighting
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
We Are NEMA People and Technologies Improve the Quality of Life ......................................................8
We Are NEMA ......................................................................................................................................10
Paul Rodriguez, NEMA .........................................................................................................................10
Bruce Albrecht, Miller Electric Manufacturing Co. ..................................................................................11
Patrick Avery, G&W Electric Company ...................................................................................................12
Daniel E. Delaney, Regal Beloit Motors .................................................................................................13
Dan Finnegan, Siemens .......................................................................................................................14
Andi Haa, Surge Suppression Incorporated ...........................................................................................15
Christel Hunter, General Cable .............................................................................................................16
David Kendall, Thomas & Betts,a Member of the ABB Group ..................................................................17
Dave Mercier, Southwire Company LLC .................................................................................................18
Andy Schwalm, Victor Insulators, Inc. ...................................................................................................19
Wayne Stoppelmoor, Schneider Electric................................................................................................20
Carin Stuart, Energizer Holdings ..........................................................................................................21
Doug Todd, Siemens ............................................................................................................................22
We are NEMA.
Eric Trauner, Essex Group .....................................................................................................................23

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NOTES
NEMA Oicers .......................................................................................................................................................................................3
From the President................................................................................................................................................................................3
Ask The Expert.....................................................................................................................................................................................32
Listen To The Expert.............................................................................................................................................................................32
John J. Engel, WESCO International, is the

2014 recipient of ESFIs Outstanding Service
Award in Honor of Harold Leviton.
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DEPARTMENTS
Government Relations Update ...............................................................................................................4
Looking Back and AheadEnd of the Year Congressional Wrap Up .................................................................................................4
New Yorks Dark Skies Bill a Model for Outdoor Lighting .....................................................................................................................6
Forecasting a Cloudy Climate for Environmental Issues in 2015 .........................................................................................................6
Challenges Continue to Hinder Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Industries..........................................................................7
Electroindustry News ..........................................................................................................................24
MITA Exhibits at RSNA 2014 ...............................................................................................................................................................24
Cybersecurity Center Invites Feedback on Securing Medical Devices................................................................................................24
Measuring Efectiveness of Medical Imaging Technologies ..............................................................................................................25
Alec McMillan is recognized for outstanding

leadership in the Industrial Automation Control
Products and Systems Section meeting.
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ESFI Recognizes Safety Leaders ..........................................................................................................................................................26

Code Actions/Standardization Trends ...................................................................................................28
Alec McMillan Recognized for Outstanding Leadership....................................................................................................................28
Recently Published Standards ............................................................................................................................................................28
IEC Structure Allows for Consideration, Analysis, and Response.......................................................................................................29
International Roundup .......................................................................................................................30
NEMA Holds Circuit Breaker Workshop in Saudi Arabia.....................................................................................................................30
Economic Spotlight .............................................................................................................................31
NEMA Business Conditions Gauges Slip in December .......................................................................................................................31
What do the experts have to say

about quality?
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Did You Know

On December 23, NEMA and 165 other trade organizations wrote to President Obama to urge him to
encourage the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to accept federal mediation in an
ongoing contract negotiation with operators of U.S. Paciic Coast maritime ports. ILWU members have
been working without a contract since July. Since that time port operators as well as many importers
and exporters have raised concerns about congested and delayed operations that are causing economic
harm to many.
Read the letter online at www.nema.org/ILWU-letter
Oicers
Chairman
Don Hendler
President & CEO
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
First Vice Chairwoman
Maryrose Sylvester
President & CEO
GE Lighting
Second Vice Chairman
Michael Pessina
President
Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.
Treasurer
Thomas S. Gross
Vice Chairman & COO
Eaton Corporation
Immediate Past Chairman
John Selldorff
President and CEO
Legrand North America
President & CEO
Kevin J. Cosgriff
Secretary
Clark R. Silcox
FROM THE PRESIDENT

he Economist regularly publishes Quality of Life indices that link subjective satisfaction
surveys to more objective measures such as material wellbeing, health, political stability
and security, community life, and other factors around the world. For our 20-year
anniversary of ei, the magazine of the electroindustry, we took a page from that approach
in order to begin a yearlong discussion of the contributions NEMA/MITA products make
to quality of life in terms of where people live, where they work, where they learn, and
where they relax.
Not surprisingly then, we chose to start with an issue that highlights NEMA member
employees and draws on their experiences in order to begin the quality journey. hey
come from various parts of the industry and various divisions within their companies.
Our contributors may be seasoned engineers, standards and safety experts, or marketing
and advocacy professionals. Beyond their electroindustry connection, all have
participated in some way in one or more NEMA eforts.
Consequently, they are all part of a quality chain that covers the breadth of our shared
work on behalf our industrys partners and customers. We would contend it is the
customer-driven focus that connects most closely with this years theme. And in turn, it
is the people dimension that makes it personal.
For instance, later this year we will address the nationwide challenge of educating
and training coming generations of workers so they can be competent and productive
workers in the 21st century workplace. he move in that direction is well underwayand
in important ways is being driven by NEMA member innovationsand low skill/low
tech workers are rapidly becoming a vestige of the past even as manufacturing in North
America appears to be on the crest of a renaissance. hus, our young men and women
will need every advantage, from high-quality education to high-focus skill trainingthe
latter mostly by industry if we are to ill our jobs and rebuild the middle class.
We know that quality products need quality workers to produce them. hese same
workers beneit as much as others in the quality of life that member products enable
and deliver. We will seek to unpack just what this means in the months ahead, and
hope many of our readers will want to participate by ofering their thoughts via articles,
especially in helping to assess electroindustry contributions more concretely.
We are NEMA, this months feature, starts the discussion where we believe it should
with our own people. ei
Kevin J. Cosgrif
President and CEO
NEMA electroindustry
January 2015
Government Relations Update

Looking Back and AheadEnd of the Year Congressional Wrap Up
As the 113th Congress came to a close,
several NEMA-supported items saw
action, while most issues were deferred.
Before recess, Congress passed a $1.1
trillion spending bill, a one-year tax
extenders package, and external power
supply reform legislation. Two bills that
also came close to seeing action were a
paired down version of the bipartisan
energy eiciency legislation and a
cybersecurity bill. Below are highlights
from those actions.
AppropriAtions
Department of Energy (DOE)
Oice of Energy Eiciency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
EERE oversees many programs of
interest to NEMA members. For FY15,
the oice will receive $1.9 billion, a
two-percent increase from FY14, but
lower than the presidents requested $2.3
billion. his includes funding for:
Building Technologies Oice (BTO)/

Solid State Lighting: $25.8 million is
going to the lighting research program
plus $5 million to Bright Tomorrow
Lighting Prize (L Prize). he total
represents a slight increase over last
year, despite BTO seeing a decrease of
three percent in its overall budget. he
inal bill includes the House-passed
provision, which continues for another
year the prohibition for DOE to use
any appropriated funds to enforce or
implement the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
incandescent lamp standards.
Advanced Manufacturing Oice: In
FY15, the oice will receive $79 million
for next generation manufacturing
research and development projects.
It will also receive $25 million for
the fourth year of funding for the
Critical Materials Energy Innovation
Hub and $56 million for four Clean
Energy Manufacturing Institutes.
Overall, the program will see an
11 percent increase.
Advanced Research Projects Agency
(ARPA-E): $280 million is allocated
for FY15 for high-risk, high-reward
energy research.
Oice of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability: $147 million is
allocated for this oice, which leads
research and development activities
for transmission, smart grid, energy
storage, and cybersecurity.
Department of Commerce
he International Trade Administration
(ITA) is funded at $472 million, $2
million more than FY14, to help U.S.
farmers, manufacturers, and service
providers sell their products overseas.
ITA has trade promotion oices in 77
countries and more than 100 American
cities. he bill also funds the Interagency
Trade Enforcement Center, which
supports the agencies that aggressively
tackle unfair trade practices hurting
American businesses.
January 2015
Oice of the U.S. Trade Representative

(USTR) and U.S. Export-Import Bank
USTR, which negotiates trade
agreements and brings legal challenges
to remove trade barriers, is funded at $54
million, $1 million more than in FY14.
he new law also amends provisions for
the National Strategic Plan for Advanced
Manufacturing and directs the U.S.
Export-Import Bank to employ no less
than 10 percent of its total resources to
support exports of U.S. renewable energy
and energy eiciency technologies.
Department of Transportation
Transportation Investment Generating
Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants
will receive $500 million for grants to
state and local governments to support
a wide variety of transportation options,
including roads and bridges, railroads,
transit systems, traic controls, and port
infrastructure. he law also provides
$5 million for transportation-related
cybersecurity activities.
tAx ExtEndErs
he Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
passed the House and the Senate before
recess. It restores a package of more than
50 tax provisions that expired at the
end of 2013, including the research and
development credit, the energy-eicient
commercial building tax deduction
(Section 179D), bonus depreciation that
allow companies to immediately write
of at least 50 percent (or 100 percent
for small businesses) of the cost of
capital equipment, and alternative
vehicle infrastructure (Section 30C).
he one-year extension bill, at an
estimated cost of $42 billion, will leave
the issue of 2015 tax extenders and
reform for the new Congress.
ExtErnAl powEr suppliEs (Eps)
HR 5057, the EPS Service Parts Act, was
introduced by Representatives Cory
Gardner (R-CO) and Paul Tonko (D-NY)
and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
and Rob Portman (R-OH). he bill
several of the provisions of HR 3696,

including the SMART Study Act. NEMA
will continue to work on cybersecurity
issues in the 114th Congress.
extends an exemption for EPS service

and spare parts, which was included in
EISA. hat provision ensured that EISAmandated DOE eiciency standards
would not prevent manufacturers from
continuing to supply EPS service and
spare parts for use with older products.
looking ForwArd
Energy Eiciency Legislation
Senators Shaheen and Portman
attempted to pass several sections
of their bipartisan energy-eiciency
legislation. hey introduced S 2971,
the Energy Eiciency Improvement Act,
which is the same legislation that passed
in the House by a vote of 375-36 earlier
in 2014. Unfortunately, since one senator
objected to the bill being considered
under unanimous consent, it failed to
advance. If passed, the bill would have
recognized energy-eiciency upgrades
done by tenants, increased eiciency
of data centers, and required federallyleased buildings to benchmark their
energy usage.
Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014, in

hopes the Senate could act before the end
of the year. he bill contained a NEMAsupported SMART Study Act provision.
his provision would have resulted in
a comprehensive assessment of actions
necessary to expand and strengthen the
capabilities of the electrical power system
to prepare for, respond to, mitigate,
and recover from a natural disaster or
cyberattack. In the inal days of the 113th
Congress, the Senate submitted a suite of
ive cybersecurity bills to the president
for his signature, but those bills omitted
Medical Imaging
Momentum to repeal the medical device
tax continued to build during the 113th
Congress. he Protect Medical Innovation
Act, introduced by Representative Erik
Paulsen (R-MN), attracted a bipartisan
group of 275 cosponsors. In the Senate,
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced a
companion bill that also won bipartisan
support. In addition, the Senate passed
an amendment to the Fiscal Year
2014 Budget Resolution that called for
repealing the tax. Although nonbinding,
the amendment passed easily with
broad support from Democrats and
Republicans. Republicans, who will
hold majorities in the House and Senate,
have signaled that repealing the device
tax will be a top priority. he taxnow
estimated to collect approximately $25
billion in taxesraises health care
costs, jeopardizes thousands of jobs,
and stiles innovation. ei
Joseph Eaves, Manager, Government
Relations | joseph.eaves@nema.org
his legislation, along with other

unpassed portions of the original
Shaheen-Portman bill, is expected
to be taken up in early 2015.
Cybersecurity
Last summer, the House passed HR 3696,
the National Cybersecurity and Critical
January 2015
Government Relations Update

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
signed into law the Dark Skies bill, which
establishes requirements for outdoor
lighting applications installed by state
agencies, in December. Speciically, the
bill requires the use of properly shielded
light ixtures to prevent unnecessary
up- and side-lighting, thereby reducing
sky glow. he bill also limits lighting to
only recommended levels for particular
applications.
We wish to commend the leadership
provided by the two authors of this
legislation, New York Assembly member
Linda Rosenthal and Senator Carl
Marcellino. his model legislation is
an excellent example of how private
stakeholders and our elected leaders
can work together to address an issue
through legislation, said NEMA
President and CEO Kevin J. Cosgrif.
NEMA is a leader on this issue and
worked for several years with a coalition
of the nations major industry and
advocacy groups that are concerned with
quality lighting in the U.S., including
the International Association of Lighting
Designers, Illuminating Engineering

Society, and International Dark-Sky
Association, all of whom played a
signiicant role in passing this legislation.
he coalition worked with assembly
members and the senate to develop
this model legislation, which addresses
challenges in a comprehensive manner

while still following the principles and
practice of good lighting design and
application. ei
Joseph Eaves, Director, Government
Relations | joseph.eaves@nema.org
Forecasting a Cloudy Climate for Environmental Issues in 2015

Comments on the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rule
under the Clean Air Act on greenhouse
gas emissions from existing power plants
were due December 1, 2014; EPA is
expected to announce a inal rule in
mid-2015. Under the rule, states
would then have one year to develop
compliance plans. Legal challenges to
the EPA inal rule are expected, which
will insert further uncertainty for the
electric utility industry.
he Obama administration, however,
has made it clear that it will continue
to move forward with the Presidents
Climate Action Plan through regulatory
January 2015
and executive branch actions.

Republicans have made it equally
clear that they intend to increase their
use of oversight hearings of EPA and
federal agencies, and use funding and
appropriation venues to delay or block
agency rulemakings. It is doubtful that
a bill to repeal EPA authority could
overcome a veto should such a bill get to
the presidents desk.
At the Department of Energy (DOE),
NEMA will be engaged in a series of
product energy-eiciency rulemaking
proceedings. hese eiciency standards
are an important component of the
administrations climate action plan,
and pressure has increased on DOE to

speed up its rulemaking work over the
next two years.
he president has also staked out
a leading role for the U.S. in the
international climate change arena. With
the UN climate change negotiations
planned in December 2015, we can expect
to see various country proposals for a
new climate treaty. Among the issues will
be the nature and scope of binding and
voluntary commitments, actions, and
emission target reductions. ei
Kyle Pitsor, NEMA Vice President
of Government Relations |
kyle.pitsor@nema.org
Challenges Continue to Hinder Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Industries

he 114th Congress presents challenges
both new and familiarto the medical
imaging and radiation therapy industries.
dEvicE tAx
In the midterm elections on November
4, Republicans won a majority of seats in
the Senate and picked up additional seats
in the House. When the Republicans
take control of the Senate in January,
some barriers to device tax repeal
may diminish as we will have a more
favorable environment for the Senate
to bring up a bill on device tax repeal;
however, repeal will continue to have
its challenges.
he incoming Republican leader has
committed to returning the Senate to
regular order, which means committee
action will be followed by amendable
bills on the Senate loor. he practice had
been to negotiate legislative deals outside
of the committee process, which were
then subject to up or down votes. he
president also has veto authority and has
expressed his opposition to repealing the
device tax.
In the new Congress, MITA will
continue to emphasize the importance
of the industry on local jobs and
the negative impact the tax has on
innovation and the economy.
sitE nEutrAlity pAymEnt cuts
A new payment threat is looming for
the imaging provider community.
he government is investigating the
What the industry is saying:
possibility of equalizing reimbursement

for Medicare patients across diferent
sites of service. his means that
healthcare providers would receive the
same amount for procedures performed
in physician oices, independent
imaging facilities, and hospitals. his
policy could dramatically reduce
payments to hospitals.
In the new Congress, MITA

will continue to emphasize the
importance of the industry on
local jobs and the negative
impact the tax has on innovation
and the economy.
MITA is concerned that this policy
and the need for budget savings to
fund other priorities will only heighten
congressional interest in site-neutral
cuts as an option for policymakers.
21st cEntury curEs
One signiicant obstacle to faster
diagnoses and staging of diseases
is the persistent diiculty to gain
Medicare coverage. Speciically,
imaging technologies are being held
to an unreasonable standard to
achieve coverage and provide access
to lifesaving technologies. Given
the diferent applications of medical
technology in diagnostic and therapeutic
settings, the federal government should
Will the medical-device tax be

dead by spring?
Medical-device industry companies have been pushing against an

Obamacare-linked tax on their products since before there was one.
hey lost their irst ight, but seem poised for a turnaround.
use diferent endpoint metrics when

making coverage determinations.
MITA has requested that the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce
include language in their drat 21st
Century Cures legislation that would
direct the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services to create an
endpoint standard that would
diferentiate between diagnostic and
therapeutic technologies. he committee
has expressed support for this policy,
and we expect it to move quickly early
in the year.
Sustainable Growth Rate
A recurring threat to physician
payments comes from a thorny policy
called Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR).
Congress must ix SGR legislation
every year as a must pass bill. he
current SGR patch expires at the end
of March, at which point Congress will
be required to pass another bill to avoid
cuts to physician reimbursement rates.
SGR bills have historically been ofset,
and Congress oten looks to cut medical
imaging reimbursement rates to help
pay for the legislation. MITA will
continue to advocate against additional
damaging cuts and in favor of a
permanent ix for SGR. ei
Erin Doty Georges, Director, State &
Federal Policy, MITA |
EDotyGeorges@medicalimaging.org
see also:
Measuring Efectiveness
of Medical Imaging
Technologies,
page 25
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
January 2015
We Are NEMA
People and Technologies
Improve the Quality of Life
SAFETY
Charles S. Konigsberg, JD, NEMA Vice President for

Strategy and Policy
RELIABILITY
very day, NEMA member companies improve the quality of life for people
in America and around the world through the electrical and medical
imaging equipment manufactured by their more than 400,000 employees.
We can quantify quality of life in terms of safety, reliability, resilience,
efficiency, and security. These are NEMAs core principles.
With more than 7,300 facilities across the U.S., and domestic
production that exceeds $115 billion per year, these companies
manufacture products that reduce costs, increase energy
efficiency and competitiveness, and improve medical diagnosis
and treatment.
RESILIENCE
EFFICIENCY
Improving Quality of Life

Energy-efficient technologies reduce harmful emissions, boost
economic productivity, and enhance U.S. competitiveness and
security. The electroindustry manufactures equipment that
uses information and communications technologies (e.g., smart
meters and sensors) to isolate problems remotely; recover more
quickly from extreme weather outages; and maximize the
efficiency, safety, reliability, and affordability of electricity.
New grid solutions, such as energy storage and microgrids, can
decrease energy consumption domestically and internationally.
These technologies can provide electricity in rural and remote
areas lacking a transmission grid, and are not dependent on
single generation sources. Natural gas, wind, solar panels,
or diesel are all viable sources. A microgrids multiple
generation sources ensure higher reliability and more efficient
power sources.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
According to the Department of Energy (DOE) in its Buildings
Energy Data Book,1 commercial buildings consume more
than one-third of the electricity in the U.S. annually. Recent
advances in building equipment, lighting, sensors, controls, and
integrated systems now make it possible to achieve a significant
reduction in a buildings energy use, transforming older
inefficient buildings into high performance buildings.
SECURITY
INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,
a division of DOE, in 2012 the industrial sector used about
one-third of the nations total energy consumption,2 and a
quarter of the nations electrical energy.3 When adjustable
or variable speed drives, high-efficiency NEMA Premium
motors, and other efficient systems and technologies are
adopted, 18 to 26 percent energy savings are attainable in
most manufacturing industries.4
In addition to improving industrial energy efficiency, these
savings go directly to a companys bottom line, resulting in
lower production costs.
In addition, through automation, individual buildings and

groups of buildings can interact with the power grid to manage
peak demand, increasing overall efficiency.
Read the We Are NEMA profiles, beginning on page 10.

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buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/docs/xls_pdf/1.1.9.pdf
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www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=us_energy_use
www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/tracking_emissions.pdf, table 1.
wE ARE NEMA
rEsidEntiAl EnErgy EFFiciEncy
he Buildings Energy Data Book also reports that residences
consume nearly 40 percent of the electricity in the U.S.5 Just
as the electric grid, buildings, and factories are getting more
eicient with NEMA technologies, so are Americas homes.
According to DOE, more than 50 percent of a typical homes
energy is used for heating and cooling occupant space, 18
percent to heat water, and six percent for lighting.
he electroindustry manufactures Energy Aware
programmable thermostats, highly eicient zonal heating
systems, lighting controls, electric Submetering, and home
energy management systems that integrate electricity, gas, and
water utility distribution with energy storage systems, smart
appliances, rootop solar panels, and electric vehicle charging.
intElligEnt trAnsportAtion systEms
Texas A&M Transportation Institute develops solutions to the
problems and challenges facing all modes of transportation. Its
2012 Annual Urban Mobility Report reports that fuel wasted in
congested traic totaled nearly three billion gallons.6 Intelligent
transportation systems (ITS) manufactured by NEMA
companies reduce this waste with high-tech traic controllers,
dynamic messaging signs, and advanced traic signals.
Traic congestion, safety, and quality of life are all improved
with deployment of ITS technologies. For example, proper
signal timing and real-time traic information reduce volumerelated congestion and can prevent accidents that lead to delays.
Less congestion, in turn, means lower emissions and less wasted
fuel. he Federal Highway Administration7 estimates that at
least 75 percent of the 260,000 traic signals in the U.S. could
improve eiciency with updated equipment.
Moreover, making smarter use of existing capacity can reduce
the number of new roads that need to be constructed, and more
resources can be available to ensure physical integrity and safety
of existing roads and bridges.
Medical Imaging and Quality of Life

NEMAs medical division, the Medical Imaging & Technology
Alliance (MITA), represents medical imaging equipment;
radiation therapy; and radiopharmaceutical manufacturers,
innovators, and product developers. Members comprise a
majority of the global market for these technologies, which have
proven to improve health, save lives and lower costs.
Medical imaging has revolutionized healthcare delivery,
changing how physicians diagnose and treat diseases. he
precision diagnostics and treatments of medical imaging
can identify the early signs of Alzheimers disease, rule out
conditions that mimic strokes, detect blockages in arteries
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www.hwa.dot.gov/congestion/toolbox/service.htm
without invasive procedures, and lead to longer and better lives

for many cancer patients.
sAFEty And QuAlity
Following the model of XR-29 Standard Attributes on Computed
Tomography (CT) Equipment Related to Dose Optimization
and Management (also known as the MITA Smart Dose
CT standard), MITA plans other patient safety and quality
standards to encourage innovation, drive adoption of newer
equipment features, enhance patient care, and grow markets.
For example, patient and physician radiation dose exposure
rates during coronary angiography will be managed and
reduced when XR 31 MITA Smart Dose Interventional is
adopted in the medical marketplace.
Another success is improved access to lung cancer screenings.
In 2014, MITA led a broad coalition of member companies,
physicians, and patient groups to persuade the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide at-risk Medicare
beneiciaries access to annual low-dose computed tomography
(LDCT) for lung cancer screening.
his positive coverage decision was advanced through MITAcommissioned economic research demonstrating that,
in addition to saving up to 20,000 lives per year, LDCT is
dramatically cost-efective. A similar process is underway to
support the use of CT screening to detect colon cancer.
intErnAtionAl rEAch
Improved quality of life extends beyond U.S. borders. Most
recently, MITA made important progress with regulators in
China and Brazil to facilitate export of high quality imaging
technologies to those countries. For example, Chinas downclassiication of x-ray equipment to a lower risk category will
save time and money getting scanners to market.
Other successes, such as the removal of the eight percent tarif
on equipment and the exemption of much imaging equipment
from clinical trials in China, as well as the reduced Good
Manufacturing Practices requirements in Brazil, will enhance
member companies proitability.
We are NEMA
When NEMA deines quality of life in terms of its core
principles, it places safety, reliability, resilience, eiciency,
and security as focal points for this magazines overarching
theme for 2015. In the following pages, We are NEMA ofers
a personalized perspective on how NEMA and its members
contribute to a better quality of life. ei
Mr. Konigsberg (chuck.konigsberg@nema.org) served as counsel
to three U.S. Senate committees and assistant director at the White
House Oice of Management and Budget prior to NEMA.
January 2015
Learning about
Lighting Systems
paul rodriguez, nEmA program manager, lighting division
his year, after completing an internship with NEMA and graduating with
an engineering degree, I was hired as a program manager for NEMAs
Lighting Systems Division. I have quickly realized the importance of NEMAs
role in the lighting industry.
For instance, Vermont and Maine require that manufacturers of
compact luorescent bulbs participate in some type of recycling
program since the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury.
Having taken charge of running this recycling program for our
members, we aford them the ability to focus their energy on
operating their company rather than getting bogged down in
state legislation.
Similarly, by playing a front man in the codes and standards
world, NEMA is making industry product requirements
more easily comprehensible for manufacturers. As a service
to Lighting Systems Division members, I manage a schedule
of code maintenance cycles. his makes it easier to inform
members when code proposals and comments are due. I recently
began a working group to clarify language in the National Fire
Protection Associations (NFPA) Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) to
help our members more accurately address code requirements.
Using codes and standards to drive the adoption of member
technology is an efective means of stimulating market growth
for member products.
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NEMA works to dismantle obstacles to market penetration

for our members. I recently took charge of a working group
dedicated to revising NEMA 410-2011 Performance Testing
for Lighting Controls and Switching Devices with Electronic
Drivers and Discharge Ballasts to include 347-volt systems.
When the revisions are complete, we hope to expand this
standard to the Canadian market. It currently includes
American and European voltages, and can be used to evaluate
circuits from either system.
NEMAs contribution to the electroindustry goes well beyond
our support and advocacy for member products. Whether it is
assisting members in conducting state-mandated programs or
evaluating codes and their beneit to the industry, the Lighting
Systems Division is working every day to enhance the value that
we provide to our members.
his is far from a comprehensive list of the work we do every
day. Having recently joined NEMA, I am blown away by the
sheer volume of work that is conducted each day in the name of
member companies. ei
wE ARE NEMA
Innovators Count on NEMA

Bruce Albrecht, vice president of technology, miller Electric manufacturing co.
and chair, Arc welding section
any believe great innovators are able to see the future. Market need is
also a key catalyst for the inventor.
Niels Miller, the founder of Miller Electric Manufacturing

Company, grew up on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin and
saw the need for afordable welding equipment to build, repair,
and maintain equipment used on the farm and to support
local industry, such as shipbuilding. Electriication of the U.S.
was well on its way and, in 1929, Mr. Miller commercialized
a new category of welding equipment utilizing electricity and
transformer technology. Not only did the evolving arc-welding
industry continue to advance its technology, the arc-welding
industry turned to NEMA for standards development.
From its humble beginning, arc welding has become a key
manufacturing process in the creation and construction of
many goods we interact with on a daily basis. With the advent
of arc welding, simple steel plates and I-beams become beautiful
buildings in the hands of a skilled welder. From automobiles to
aerospace, welding is the backbone of many industries.
Today, arc welding covers a multitude of materials to include
steel, aluminum, titanium, and stainless steel, as well as utilizes
manual and robotic welders. Inverter technology has been
used to create new welding processes, but has also reduced
the size and weight of equipment by up to ten times. Digital

interfaces and web-enabled welding equipment allows for
productivity tracking and fuels lean process improvement
throughout industry.
As a technically dynamic industry, arc welding relies on
NEMA as a place where thought leaders can create relevant
standards for the future of this global industry. Harmonized
global standards allow for eiciency in certiication and testing,
reducing time to market and enabling global commerce.
In a recent Miller YouTube video, Miller Users Weld for
Security, welder Clay Adkins II of Textron Marine and Land
Systems described how fulilling it is to hear soldiers give
feedback on inished products, like the armored personnel
carrier his team welds. When a soldier says, I am here because
of what you did, Mr. Adkins describes how awesome it is
that his job allows him to have a role in providing protection
to soldiers.
Miller Electric is honored to provide products to the welding
industry and is grateful to NEMA for providing a place where
industry can come together and develop standards for the good
of society. ei
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Providing Value to the

Electric Utility Industry
patrick Avery, general manager, distribution Automation,
g&w Electric company
and chair, distribution Automation section
s a member of this industry and NEMA for more than 25 years, Ive
experienced many challenges and changes. When I started my career,
distribution transformers were considered a commodity.
challenge to value-selling. Internet auction companies promised

signiicant price savings by orchestrating online auctions that
forced manufacturers to bid under same-day time constraints for
aggregated volumes of products awarded to the lowest bidder.
Manufacturers and NEMA focused on proving that

transformers provided signiicant value and should not be
selected solely on price. Consequently, total ownership costs
(TOC) and vendor evaluation became the predominant ways to
evaluate transformers: transformer losses were evaluated over
a 30 year design life to obtain the lowest cost of ownership, and
vendors were evaluated based on reliability, quality, shipment,
and industry support.
Several major manufacturerswho were also NEMA

membersformally opposed these auctions and refused to
participate in them. We presented at conferences, explaining
why value concepts like TLC provided long-term savings.
As users adopted these approaches, it facilitated the

advancement of transformer technology by the development
of amorphous core transformers, low-loss transformers with a
premium price but low TOC.
TOC and vendor evaluation evolved into total life cycle costs
(TLC), the evaluation of products and vendors services from
cradle to grave. Users began evaluating products and vendors
on their ability to provide the lowest TLC based on industryagreed-upon characteristics and weights:
Acquisition 20%
Freight 4%
Product Distribution 38%
Installation 20%
Maintenance 13%
Disposal 5%
Most investor-owned utilities and many cooperatives and
municipals adopted this approach and established strategic
alliances with vendors based on TLC improvement. However,
in 2000, internet auctions appeared, providing another
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In 2005, as president of the Utility Supply Management

Association, I facilitated a panel discussion between suppliers
and customers to address this issue. Utilities acknowledged that
foreign suppliers, who were oten the auction low bidders, lacked
the infrastructures in the U.S. needed to support utilities before,
during, and ater the sale. Since then, the remaining internet
auction companies have transformed into bid management
companies who coordinate bids without the same-day time
constraints and instant award to lowest bidder requirements.
Instead, vendors must provide comprehensive data on their
experience, resources, and proposed solutions, along with price.
Today, the industry is focused on implementing smart grids that
encompass reliability, resiliency, microgrids, renewable energy,
big data, smart cities, and other characteristics. Consumers are
demanding these enhancements from utilities struggling to
implement them because public utility commissions will not
give the rate increases needed to fund them. So, NEMA has
been focusing on providing the government with proposals like
technology-neutral energy eiciency tax incentives.
As chairman of NEMAs newly-created Distribution
Automation Section, I will continue NEMAs eforts to
help utilities obtain rate increases to fund their smart grid
deployments. Well publish white papers and speak to legislators
and consumers to show ROI for smart grid investment based
on improved reliability indices, reduced outage costs, and
performance-based ratemakingbecause I am NEMA. ei
wE ARE NEMA
Improving Electric Motor

Energy Efficiency
daniel E. delaney, Agency and regulatory manager, regal Beloit motors
and chair, nEmA motors and generators section
began my career in electric motors in 1999 as a motor design engineer. I

worked on several electric motor platforms including industrial ac and dc
motors, as well as ac commercial and residential motors. Ive been involved
with the design of electric motors from thousands of horsepower to one
watt, and applications ranging from dockside cranes and mining drag lines to
residential appliances and bathroom vent fan motors.
Early in my career, I was given an opportunity to manage

product oferings for Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL),
Canadian Standards Association (CSA), and the Conformit
Europenne (CE). Presented with this challenge, I did what
every good young engineer must do when volun-told,
and that was to immerse myself in NEMA, International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), UL, and CSA standards. hese
standards provided me with industry guidance on aspects such
as product safety, design performance, energy performance, and
mechanical design.
Shortly thereater, I found fellow engineers asking me to review
their existing and new motor designs to ensure they complied
with the latest national and international standards. As my
knowledge of standards evolved, I became motivated
to see that the future development of standards
also evolved with the latest technology
advancements, safety improvements, and
regulatory expansions.
Once you participate in developing a
standard or two, it is very common
to be asked to participate in related
standards development. Before you
know it, someone is referring to you as
an industry expert and asking you to
write an article for a trade magazine or
to present the latest standard revision at
an industry conference. Participation in these
industry standards and conferences has greatly
increased my knowledge of the motor industry and has
built strong relationships that have been immeasurable for both

my employer and my career. One example of my involvement
in industry standards has been the evolution of electric motor
energy eiciency standards and regulations. In the late 1970s,
NEMA developed the baseline for energy-eicient electric
motor requirements. As these NEMA requirements matured,
the Department of Energy (DOE) initiated regulationthe
Energy Policy Act of 1992around these minimum eiciency
requirements.
Each time DOE considered expansion of the regulation,
multiple electric motor standardsNEMA, IEEE, CSA, and
IECwere consulted for determination of eiciency levels, test
methods, design performance criteria, and motor nameplate
labelling. It has been possible through multiple standards
participation by my peers and me to harmonize many of these
global requirements, thus simplifying their implementation;
however, this work is never complete.
To promote continued harmonization, I agreed to be an IEC
convener of an international working group committee (IECEE
WG2D) focused on global harmonization of motor energyeiciency requirements. As the induction motor eiciency
standards are nearing maturity, eforts have begun to focus
on the eiciency determination of motor-driven systems,
which include the variable frequency drive, the
electric motor, and the driven systems.
Over the past six months, I have been
serving on an international (IEC TC22G
WG18) working group of variable frequency
inverter drive, motor, and motor-driven
system manufacturers to develop the future
for testing and determination of motordriven system eiciencies. ei
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Why We Do What We Do
in Fire and Life Safety
dan Finnegan, manager, industry Afairsnorth America, siemens
and second vice chair, nEmA signaling protection and communication section
am very grateful to be in the ire and life safety industry and working with
NEMA. NEMA provides a high level of value to the advancement of ire and
life safety. We are passionate about our industry because we save lives.
I started in the industry in 1970 as a ire prevention oicer at

a suburban Chicago ire department. For about ten years, I
experienced code enforcement when ire and life safety codes
were in the early development stages. Codes were weak and ire
deaths, injuries, and property losses were high.
I grew up in the 1950s when events like the Our Lady of Angels
Chicago school ire killed 93 and injured 75. In the 70s and 80s,
I witnessed the Las Vegas hotel ires that killed 90 and injured
700; the Beverly Hills Supper Club ire that killed 164; and
major high-rise ires in San Paulo (Brazil), Philadelphia, and Los
Angeles. hese ires all lead to numerous code changes.
in the 1980s, I joined Siemens/Cerberus Pyrotronics, a global
manufacturer of early warning smoke detection and ire and
life safety systems. I managed sales teams and engineering
departments that provided safety solutions for buildings in
the Chicagoland market. I experienced irsthand the growth
and evolution of building codes and National Fire Protection
Association ire codes, as well as the value that early warning
smoke detection has on life safety.
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Our industry eforts save lives every day. We design and

build products, and provide solutions that need to work right
the irst time; there are no second chances in life safety. At
the foundation of these eforts are the codes and standards
that keep our family and friends safe in their places of work,
entertainment, and home.
More than 90,000 lives have been saved since 1970 with
advancements to smoke detection codes, ire sprinklers,
electrical safety, public awareness, and operational excellence
in our ire service. NEMA has been an important part of this
history. NEMA is a national leader in the codes and standards
development process. NEMA also contributes to the education
and awareness of safety with its continuing publication of
guides and manuals on safety practices.
Today I manage the code development process and industry
organization participation in ire and life safety for Siemens
Building Technologies. Our partnership with NEMA has
allowed us to make a real impact in advancing safety codes.
he future is very interesting, challenging, and exciting for
the ire and life safety industry. he changes to sustainable
buildings and the technology advancements that continue to
move forward the smart building evolution will impact ire and
life safety systems. NEMA will be a foundation that this future
approach is built on, and our mission to save lives continues. ei
wE ARE NEMA
Keeping People Safe

from Surges
Andi haa, consultant, surge suppression incorporated
and vice chair, low voltage surge protective devices sectiona
eing involved with NEMAs 5VS Low Voltage Surge Protective Device
Section since the 1990s has been a great experienceprofessionally and
personally. When people ask me why I do what I do, the answer is simple. It is
about contributing to an industry that helps keep people and the equipment
they use safe.
As a consultant to Surge Suppression Incorporated, a NEMA
5VS member company, I have been involved in various
programs that serve our industry by enhancing market
opportunities for member companies in the North American
market and beyond.
he surge protective device industry provides its customers with
peace of mind knowing that their critical equipment is protected
from the efects of externally- and internally-generated electrical
surges. his is of great importance to me as much of this
equipment helps to save lives (protecting hospital electrical and
electronic devices); aids in protecting our personnel abroad
(protection of embassy electrical installations and military
installations); and ensures that equipment in residential and
commercial facilities, as well as equipment attached to smart
grid systems, is protected.
he NEMA forum allows many manufacturers to work
together to develop information for the public regarding device
installation, safety, and application. his material is shared via
various methods, one of which is NEMAs industry-speciic
website, www.nemasurge.com.
he structure of our NEMA 5VS

Section, under the guidance of
NEMA program managers Steve
Griith and Gary MacFadden,
allows members to share
information that produces beneit
to members and the industry at large. We
have a technical subcommittee, which focuses
on standards work; development of application
documents, technical articles, and proposals
for the National Electrical Code ; and answers
technical questions from the public. Our industry
development committee focuses its emphasis
on marketing, ensuring that the correct
message is shared through print
and electronic media, as well
as through NEMAs Field
Representative Program.
With our global economy
and the inluence of
standards worldwide,
it is critical that North
American standards
are impactful, and in
many cases, harmonized
with other international
standards. he NEMA 5VS
Section provides the framework
in which this can be accomplished.
here is no question that working with NEMA is an investment
in time and resources. But, like every investment, one has to
weigh the beneit versus the cost. For me, it is worth the time
and efort to positively impact a critical industry. ei
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Improving Safety
through Electrical Codes
christel hunter, director, Field Application Engineering, general cable
and chair, cAnEnA thsc 20, Building wire & cable
s director of Field Applications Engineering for General Cable, I have the

opportunity to work with electrical professionals from all sectors of the
industry. One of the most interesting parts of my job is answering questions
about the installation of cable products according to the electrical code,
and I especially enjoy ielding questions that lead to ideas for improving the
electrical code or its application.
I represent General Cable on the NEMA Codes and Standards
committee and the Wire and Cable Section, which allows me
to work with other manufacturing professionals to improve
the electrical codes and standards that govern these products.
Part of the work of these committees is to develop and approve
NEMA standards, white papers, and bulletins, all of which are
important resources for the electrical industry.
I also serve on the National Electrical Code (NEC)
and the Canadian Electrical Code on behalf of
NEMA. he code committees are composed
of experienced professionals who must
balance the needs of the public with the
real-world limitations and concerns of
manufacturers, installers, and inspectors.
he North American electrical system is
one of the safest in the world, and a great
deal of the credit for that goes to its system
of codes, standards, product certiication,
and installation inspections.
he balance of industry representation on
code committees leads to a safe and reasonable
set of rules that are updated on a regular basis.
NEMA members are frequently leaders of change in the
code process, and we have representation on every
NEC code-making panel.
Sometimes, a relatively minor change in
practice can lead to a large improvement in the
reliability and safety of the electrical system
and the people working on it. In 2009, I led an
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efort to analyze the capability of electricians to properly tighten

electrical connections without using a torque wrench, a practice
that is all too common in our industry.
he study showed that we could expect only 25 percent of the
connections to be tightened to within a reasonable marginan
abysmal result. Over the last ive years, Ive given numerous
presentations to electricians, inspectors, and engineers
describing the results of the study and the right way to make
safe, reliable connections. Electrical connections are designed to
be installed in accordance with the manufacturers instructions,
including torque requirements. If they are not, the poor
connection creates a potential point of failure in the electrical
installation, increasing the risk of equipment failure and ire.
Making good connections improves the safety and reliability
of the electrical system, and reduces energy loss. To support
this needed change in installation practice, NEMA has
submitted a public input for the 2017 NEC
to clarify the requirement to use torque
tools on set screw connections in
electrical equipment. ei
wE ARE NEMA
Strong Relationships
Increase Productivity
david kendall, director, industry Afairs, thomas & Betts,
a member of the ABB group
and vice chair, standards & conformity Assessment policy committee
s a long time, active participant of NEMA, I have beneitted from the

organizations strong relationships with electrical associations, standards
developers, and code oicials, as well as from the relationships built with
other NEMA members. These relationships help Thomas & Betts and ABB
get our products to market faster and with less cost, whether that market is
domestic, regional, or international.
Based on my experience, here are some beneits NEMA
membership brings to homas & Betts and ABB:
Standards Development: My participation with standards
developing organizations such as UL, CSA International, and
the International Electrotechnical Commission, as well as
with other NEMA members, provides a uniied, strong voice
for homas & Betts and ABB when inluencing worldwide
standards development.
Promotion of Safe Product Use: NEMAs Field
Representative program serves homas & Betts and ABB
through promoting the use and adoption of the National
Electrical Code and international energy codes. Beyond U.S.
borders, homas & Betts and ABB receive ield intelligence
on the market, standards development activities, and
certiication requirements from NEMAs Latin America oice.
Legislative Representation: NEMAs relationships on

Capitol Hill and in state legislatures also help to remove or
lessen legislative and regulatory barriers in getting electrical
products to market. From the energy debate to overly
complicated labeling requirements, NEMA ensures that
homas & Betts and ABBs voices are heard.
Market Intelligence: hrough NEMA/BIS, I have access to
the economic and market data that homas & Betts and ABB
utilize to plan and run their businesses. Domestic product
shipments and net sales, product market forecasts and
analyses, and global industry data are a few of the services
available.
Valuable Relationships: NEMA has given me ample
opportunities to meet and work with other NEMA member
manufacturers and NEMA staf. Not only have these contacts
led to business contracts and a better understanding of the
overall product market and standards development, but they
have also become personal friends.
NEMA has hadand continues to havean important role in
my professional development and in the growth and success of
my employer, homas & Betts. ei
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Building Relationships and

Influencing the Industry
dave mercier, director, codes & standards, southwire company llc
and chair, nEmA codes & standards committee
am a son, brother, husband, father, cousin, and uncle. I have many roles as
a family member, and as time goes on, these roles change (now, Im also a
great uncle). As I look at my roles in NEMA and how they have changed over
the years, it is comparable to the inherited new roles in my personal life.
I am NEMA through the many committees, forums, and task

groups on which I serve. As a member of Codes and Standards,
I have inished a two-year role as chairman. In addition, I
am a member of the Standards and Conformity Assessment
Policy Committee and Field Representative program; chair of
the NEMACSA Forum, NEMAIntertek Forum, NEMA
Independent Electrical Contractors Forum, Building Wire and
Cable Section, Flexible Metal Conduit Technical Committee;
vice-chair of the Wire and Cable technical committee; and a
NEMA National Electrical Code panelist.
I am NEMA to the electrical industry. Just as my family

relationships change and develop, so do my relationships
with other NEMA members and those active in the electrical
community. As my career progressed, I began representing my
company to hundreds of electrical wire speciiers and users.
At a later point, I began representing NEMA to hundreds of
electrical industry inluencers. he majority of the committees
I participate with or chair are outward-facing to the industry; I
have become the face of NEMA to the electrical industry.
I am NEMA to my own company. I am able to communicate
NEMA services to Southwire, and utilize NEMA committees
and staf to help address industry issues that can negatively
impact our company. Being NEMA at Southwire allows the
company to efectively and eiciently reduce the risks of doing
business, as well as reduce the risks to those using electricity.
I am NEMA to my family. I am on the road a lot and have many
overnight stays for NEMA meetings. A job title such as Director
of Codes and Standards does not communicate as clearly to my
family what I do for work like the titles of astronaut, policeman,
pilot, and ireman do. When a family member asks me what I
do, I tell them that I make sure they are safeat home and away
from homefrom the dangers of electricity.
I am glad that I can say I am NEMA.
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wE ARE NEMA
Insulating the Safety,

Reliability, and Quality
of Electric Power
Andy schwalm, president, victor insulators, inc.
and chair, high voltage insulator section
hink about this for a minute: Youre walking down the down the street
with power lines overhead. If a live conductor comes down, it kills you. A
huge part of electrical insulators quality is directly related to public safety.
Insulating supports are devices that attach electric power lines to utility poles
and transmission towers. By supporting the weight of suspended wires, they
prevent current from lowing through the tower to the ground.
Members of the NEMA High Voltage Insulator Section
manufacture insulators used in the generation, transmission,
and distribution of electricity. his is a hidden industryone
that most people dont think about and dont know about. Its
also an industry in the throes of major change that involves
technical advances, geopolitical issues, and the labor market.
Overhead line insulators fall into four general categories:
wet process porcelain, toughened glass, silicon/rubber, and
polyethylene. Diferent materials are needed for diferent
applications. For example, in substations, porcelain is
predominant because of its stifness. High-density polyethylene
is used in high transmission lines because they are unbreakable.
Where insulators are made and where they are come from
is a major concern to the safety of the supply chain. No one
in the U.S. makes glass insulators any more. he market has
changed signiicantly in the last 20 to 30 years. Almost all
supply has gone ofshoremostly China, some to Brazil, some
to the eastern Eurozone. Its also a declining industry as far as
employment is concerned. he manufacturing base is shiting to

lower cost labor markets.
Just because a product is made overseas, however, does
not negate the role of American manufacturers. In fact,
manufacturers have taken a greater role in providing overall
customer satisfaction. What keeps our customers from going
to China and buying insulators directly is that we assume all
liability. If, for example, China takes umbrage and decides not
to export insulators, we must have the knowledge and capability
to design, produce, and test products here. To have no domestic
source for manufactured products is pretty scary. For a national
electric system in this country, this role is a critical natural
resource.
he labor market involves more than cheap labor. he aging of
the industry represents a real shortage and a serious problem.
Unfortunately, regulations and compliance have forced utilities
to prioritize relationships with public utility commissions over
engineering standards personnel.
NEMA insulator manufacturers ultimately promote the safety,
reliability, and quality of power. If insulators fail, brown-outs
and power dips can result. Reliable, steady power comes from
insulators, transformers, and conductors.
Insulators may be an inert commodity, but 8HVs contributions
to safety, reliability, quality, and a consistent standard of living
are dynamic. We are NEMA. ei
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Providing a Platform
for Collaboration
wayne stoppelmoor, industry standards manager, Energy
Eiciency, schneider Electric
and co-chair, high performance Building codes & standards
review committee
chneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management that ofers

integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including utilities,
infrastructure, industry, buildings, and data centers. With my role as industry
standards manager for energy eiciency, I am heavily engaged in NEMAs
High-Performance Buildings Council (HPBC), Daylight Management Council
(DMC), Lighting Control Section, and Submeter Section.
Building ratings and disclosure, along with monitoring energy

consumption systems to drive occupant behavior to be energy
eicient, are the irst steps in maintaining and improving
energy eiciency. he best return on investment will come from
aggregating and displaying metered data in a means by which
building operators can act when energy consumption increases
due to occupant behavior or systems operating outside of their
commissioned parameters.
NEMA provides a great venue for manufacturers to collaborate

in order to expand members markets. For example, HPBC is a
strategic initiative established by the NEMA Board of Governors
to promote the adoption of high-performance products and
systems that increase the energy eiciency, safety, resilience,
sustainability, productivity, and security of federal, commercial,
and multi-family residential buildings. Its most important
goal is to create and identify business opportunities for NEMA
members and ofer solutions that will develop market demand
for products that contribute to high-performance buildings.
DMC seeks to promote the widespread use of efective and

eicient management of daylight and electric light in U.S.
commercial buildings by advocating for policies, codes and
standards, methods, tools and best practices in building design,
construction, commissioning, and operation.
HPBCs work is done through its Codes and Standards Review

Committee (CSRC), Building Labeling and Metrics Committee,
and Marketing Committee. CSRC ensures that energy and highperformance building codes and standards efectively promote
high-performance and energy-eicient buildings. It writes
code proposals and comments for various energy eiciency and
high-performance / green building codes; reviews submitted
code proposals; develops positions; and hears testimony on code
proposals that are relevant to member companies.
he Building Labeling and Metrics Committee encourages
energy performance transparency by advocating for building
labeling, rating, and benchmarking and disclosure policies
and programs. NEMA is a trusted advisor that helps local
governments and private building owners improve the energy
eiciency of their buildings with free resources like the Building
Owners Toolkit.
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NEMAs newly created submetering section supports the

development of domestic and international market submeters
in conjunction with global energy eiciency and conservation
eforts. Its goals include developing consistent positions for
existing domestic and international codes and standards;
ensuring the safety and interoperability of equipment, as well
as reliable metrological certiication; developing standards
required for the growth of the submeter industry; and building
support for the use of submeters to enhance the energy
eiciency and energy management of commercial, industrial,
agricultural, and residential facilities and operations.
By allowing manufacturers to come together to discuss and
solve the most pressing standardization, interoperability,
and market development issues facing our industry, NEMA
provides a platform for collaboration that wouldnt otherwise
exist. I encourage my colleagues to get engaged in NEMAs
cross-cutting activities to maximize the beneit you receive
from your membership. ei
wE ARE NEMA
Involved from
the Inside Out
carin stuart, senior technology Engineer, Energizer holdings
and chair, Ansi subcommittee on safety standards
have a unique perspective when I say, I am NEMA, as I have experience

from within the organization and outside it. From 2001 to 2004, I was
a NEMA program manager. I took a hiatus to continue my education, but
returned as a member of the Dry Battery Section since 2010.
As an employee, I worked with diferent sections and American

National Standards Institute (ANSI) committees, including
ANSI Z535 Safety Symbols and Signs, Polymer Raceway
Section, Pin and Sleeve Section, Fuse Section, and others. I dealt
with projects ranging from counterfeit products to standards
developmentwith Underwriters Laboratories (UL), National
Fire Protection Association, and ANSIto monitoring the
implementation of foreign regulations in Asia and Latin
America. I saw the impact NEMA had on resolving market
barriers in the U.S. and around the world.
he reputation NEMA holds with other organizations
and government agencies is essential in enhancing market
opportunities for member products and attracts new member
companies to the organization.
collaborating with embassies to comment on burdensome

and confusing import regulations.
Additionally, NEMA lobbies on key issues such as 10-year,
non-removable battery smoke detector mandates and drats
legislation to create a primary battery recycling program and
facilitates dialogue with other key organizations, such as the
Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Poison Control
Center. he Operations Department encourages the reduction of
market barriers through standards activities in the International
Electrotechnical Commission, ANSI, and UL.
Finally, the industry ensures global dialogue via trilateral
working groups with counterparts in the EU and Asia. Without
NEMAs support, the battery industry would have many disputes
with regulations and policies, further creating market barriers.
It has been a pleasure working for and with NEMA.
ei
As I became more involved in standards and regulatory work,

I switched from employee to member. I am an active member
in the ANSI C18 standards development committee, for which
NEMA holds the secretariat, and the NEMA Dry Battery Section.
NEMA has played a vital role in supporting Dry Battery
Section issues, particularly in reducing market barriers. Via
its Government Relations Department, NEMA has worked
to ensure our products can move beyond U.S. borders and be
imported globally. his has involved:
reducing the complexity of regulations to transport
lithium batteries,
keeping the industry informed about important global
substance and heavy metal regulations so products are not
restricted from markets, and
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Automating the Future of

Manufacturing
doug todd, director, government Afairs, siemens
lose cooperation with NEMA has been part of my work as a member of

the Siemens Government Afairs Oice for more than a decade. NEMA
is my go-to association. I work with Congress and federal agencies on
policy issues such as energy eiciency, industrial automation, cybersecurity,
motors, drives, and Siemens entire portfolio of energy management
products and services.
People oten assume that advocating for a conglomerate with
350,000 employees in 212 countries is a bland, corporate
experience. On the contrary! What makes my work personal
is the chance to raise the quality of life for people all over
the world. Sometimes, its about smart grid components and
standards; at other times, its transformers and programmable
logic controllers. Making safe, resilient, reliable, and more
efective products is a win-win for every supplier.
NEMAs work is becoming more important as industry moves
into the age of the digital factory. As automation and design
sotware merge, the result is integration of physical and virtual
worlds. his merger isnt happening just at the product level; its
also happening throughout the production process. Connecting
machines and information holds the key to product quality,
intellectual property, and other important requirements.
A generation ago, the most important tool on the shop loor
might have been a wrench. Today, its a mobile tablet. Because
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January 2015
Siemens feels strongly that this is the single compelling path

for the future of manufacturing, it recently rebranded its
automation division the Digital Factory.
Training is essential to operating and maintaining sophisticated
plants and labs, and must be a priority for public and private
entities to keep the U.S. industrial and manufacturing
base competitive globally. Last year, in a rare display of
bipartisanship, Congress passed the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act to prepare workers for the 21st century
workforce, and to help all of companies ind the skilled
employees we need to compete in the world marketplace.
We are committed to a variety of training platforms. hrough
programs like FIRST robotics and Siemens Science Days, we
reach K-12 students. We provide hands-on, sotware, and
hardware training to technical and community colleges, as well
as apprenticeship programs. hrough the Siemens Competition
in Math, Science and Technology, the nations most promising
high school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) scholars compete for a top prize of $100,000.
I am optimistic about the future because I see the strong
sense of collaboration that NEMA engenders among its
members. Manufacturing is poised to achieve escape velocity;
organizations like NEMA and its members play key roles. he
result is higher productivity, better jobs, and higher quality of
life for people all over the world. ei
wE ARE nEmA
Magnet Wire Section

Cooperates on Full
Material Disclosure
Eric trauner, manager of regulatory compliance, Essex group
and chair, magnet wire Ehs committee
hen mankind irst began considering his impact on the environment,

impact was generally considered at end-of-pipe (wastewater), or
end-of-smokestack (air emissions), or at the landill (solid wastes). The
past decade or so has seen a new philosophy in minimizing impact on the
environment. It is referred to as substance restriction, with emphasis on
eliminating speciic bad-actor chemicals from commerce.
he grandfather of initiatives for substance restriction

was the European Unions (EU) Restriction of Hazardous
Substances Directive, or RoHS. Since the advent of RoHS,
international entities have produced various initiatives for
substance restriction. Today, the yardstick by which such
initiatives are generally measured is another EU initiative,
REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and
Restriction of Chemicals.
Surely, any company in a manufacturing supply chain has faced
customer demands for compliance demonstration vs. substance
restriction, such as REACH. Indeed, REACH compliance seems
a never-ending challenge as EU authorities continue to add badactor chemicals to the REACH list of substances of very high
concern (SVHC). Because REACH continues to grow, many
industrial customers have shited from demanding that their
suppliers periodically airm REACH compliance to demanding
full material disclosure. In turn, the customer would assemble
all supplier feedback into a database, and query that database
whenever there is an addition to the REACH-SVHC list, or
when confronted by a new initiative for substance restriction.
In order for these databases to have a irm foundation for
substance identiication, customers demand Chemical Abstract
Services (CAS) numbers for chemical substances, even those
in manufactured articles. NEMA magnet wire manufacturers
have resisted deining CAS numbers for polymer insulation
used in magnet wire enamels, due in large part to the polymers
complexity.
However,
magnet wire
customers have
grown in their
insistence for
full material
disclosure,
including
CAS numbers.
A task group
was formed with
representatives of NEMA
magnet wire manufacturers and
insulation suppliers, and is refereed
by NEMA staf. his task group continues to
slug through teleconferences toward its end
goal of assigning CAS numbers to polymers used
in various NEMA MW 1000 magnet wire insulations.
hese would be ofered to NEMA magnet wire members when
responding to customer demands for full material disclosure.
his task group is nearing fruition, and magnet wire customers
will have better assurance of compliance with initiatives
for substance restriction. his is a remarkable example of
cooperation among business competitors, and it would not have
been possible without the anti-trust umbrella of NEMA. his
efort demonstrates that NEMA magnet wire manufacturers
continue to set the standard for technical prowess, even in a
hyper-competitive, worldwide electronics marketplace. his is
in addition to the well-established reputation among NEMA
magnet wire manufacturers for safety, reliability, and eiciency
of their products.
Its been a pleasure to be part of a common efort with such
uncommon leaders of industry. ei
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Electroindustry News
MITA Exhibits at RSNA 2014
Every year in the irst week of
December, thousands of radiology
and healthcare professionals lock
to Chicago, Illinois, for the annual
meeting of the Radiological Society
of North America (RSNA). his year
was especially extravagant as RSNA
celebrated its 100th scientiic assembly
and annual meeting, and spent the
week showcasing the growth of medical
imaging technology over the last century.
Imaging manufacturers across the
industry displayed the latest and greatest
technology in modern healthcare, and
MITA members were among the
biggest exhibits.
Keeping with the theme of RSNAs
centennial celebration, MITA showcased
our Imaging Forward campaign, which
partners with groups like RSNA to
highlight innovation in medical imaging.
MITA sponsored a technical exhibit on
the show loor and distributed Imaging
Forward campaign materials to many of
the 55,000 health professionals present.

hanks to the cooperation of RSNA,
hundreds of radiologists, technologists,
and other health professionals now have
the Imaging Forward campaign at their
ingertips, expanding its bandwidth
many times over.
MITA is proud to participate in the
annual meeting each year, along with
our member companies and other
stakeholders in the community. In
addition to working alongside the
technical exhibits, MITA held 35 major
section and committee meetings with
record levels of participation across
member companies. Of note, MITA met
with oicials from the Chinese Ministry
of Healths department responsible for
health system planning and coverage.
In this relationship-building meeting,
MITA members educated the Chinese
oicials on the American health system,
gained valuable insights on where the
Chinese health system is headed, and

the technologies in which China
expects to invest. Other active
participants in MITA meetings were
colleagues from the physicist community,
Food and Drug Administration, Image
Gently, and Image Wisely. We thank
all those present for once again making
RSNA a productive meeting for the
imaging community.
For more information on MITAs
Imaging Forward campaign, visit
imagingforward.org. ei
Kathleen Hampton,
MITA Assistant Manager |
khampton@medicalimaging.org
Cybersecurity Center Invites Feedback on Securing Medical Devices

According to the National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST),
hospitals are increasingly using
networked technology to improve the
accuracy and eiciency of medical care
by connecting medical devices to a
central system.
A networked infusion pumpa
device used to convey luids, drugs
and nutrients into a patients
bloodstreamcan allow centralized
control of the devices programming as
well as automated cross checks against
pharmacy records and patient data
to ensure the right dose of luids or
medication are delivered at the right
time to the right patient. But these
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January 2015
connected devices can introduce new

risks in safety and security compared
with stand-alone devices.
To address the cybersecurity
challenges of wireless infusion pumps,
the National Cybersecurity Center
of Excellence (NCCoE) is inviting
comments on a drat project to secure
those devices. he challenges include
vulnerabilities to malware or hacking
and access control.
he efort is a collaboration between
NCCoE at NIST and the Technological
Leadership Institute at the University
of Minnesota. Minnesota-based
providers of services, manufacturers,
and medical device industry
associations helped to drat a use case,

which provides a technical description
of the challenge of securing the devices
and describes desired characteristics
for solutions. he case can be found on
the NCCoE website.
Ater the use case is inalized,
NCCoE will invite organizations to
participate in developing a practice
guide, or a collection of the materials
and information needed to deploy
an example solution of of-the-shelf
products that address the technical
security problems.
Comments should be submitted by
Jan. 18, 2015. ei
Measuring Effectiveness of Medical Imaging Technologies

Rebecca Alcorn, MITA Intern
Innovations in diagnostic medical
imaging technologies have transformed
the way in which cancers are diagnosed.
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT)
and CT colonography (CTC) have
improved the means by which doctors
detect the early stages of lung and colon
cancers, two of the most common and
most deadly cancers in the U.S.
To demonstrate the value of these
innovative technologies, policymakers
examine two key types of evidence:
clinical efectiveness and economic
efectiveness. he clinical evidence can
be generated using clear methodology,
but demonstrating economic
efectiveness is more challenging.
If lung cancer is found while the cancer

is still localized, the ive-year survival
rate is 53.5 percent; however, only
15 percent of lung cancer cases are
diagnosed in the early stages. If cancer
spreads regionally or metastasizes, the
ive-year survival rate decreases to 26
percent and 4 percent respectively.2
Additionally, CTCa less invasive
alternative to traditional colonoscopy
increases access to colorectal cancer
screening. One study discovered that 36
percent of patients would have forgone
colorectal cancer screening had CTC
not been an available option.3 Increased
screening results in higher rates of
detection and treatment of cancer in its
initial stages and otherwise.
his is what is known: there is abundant
evidence that demonstrates the clinical
efectiveness of these applications of
LDCT. Researchers have generated
peer-reviewed studies as to why and
how such technology clinically beneits
cancer patients.
he studies that provide doctors and
policy makers with this evidence
are relatively straightforward; the
methodology is comprehensive and the
results are precise.
CT colonography image courtesy Philips Healthcare
whAt wE know
he clinical efectiveness of a technology
is largely determined based on cancer
mortality and the ive-year survival rate.
For instance, screening high-risk patients
with thoracic LDCT has been proven to
reduce mortality from lung cancer when
compared to chest radiography alone.1
his is due to the ability of LDCT to
detect cancer early.
1
Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed

Tomographic Screening. NEJM. 2011 Aug 4. Available from
www.nejm.org.
Filling thE gAp

Meanwhile, the evidence indicating the
economic efectiveness of the described
applications of LDCT is not as plentiful.
his is not to say that there is a complete
lack of evidence, but to say that the
evidence available is more challenging to
compile. It is diicult to isolate costs and
match claims, which complicates attempts
at trying to establish sound methodology.
Additionally, without sound methodology,
results may not be reliable.
2
Lung Cancer Fact Sheet. American Lung Association. (2014).

http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/lung-cancer/resources/factsigures/lung-cancer-fact-sheet.html.
CT Colonography May Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
Compliance. American Society of Roentgenology. 2010 Nov.
Available from www.ajr.org.
In an attempt to ill this informational

gap, an article was published in
American Health & Drug Beneits which
detailed an actuarial analysis of LDCT
for the early detection of lung cancer in
high risk, Medicare-eligible populations.
The average cost of LDCT

lung cancer screening is $241
per person, and ultimately
costs less than $19,000 per
life-year saved.
Using data derived from 2012 Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) beneiciary iles, as well as 2012
to 2014 forecasts based on U.S. Census
Bureau and CMS projections, researchers
applied standard life and health actuarial
techniques to calculate the cost and costefectiveness of LDCT.
he analysis found that the average cost
of LDCT lung cancer screening is $241
per person, and ultimately costs less than
$19,000 per life-year saved.4
here are ongoing eforts to understand
the economic impact of medical imaging
technologies and the early detection of
cancer. Still, more work is needed to
establish comprehensive methodologies
and obtain meaningful data to
demonstrate economic efectiveness. ei
Ms. Alcorn is a graduate of North
Carolina State University.
BS Pyenson, et al. Ofering lung cancer screening to high-risk

Medicare beneiciaries saves lives and is cost-efective in an
actuarial analysis. AM Health Drug Beneits 7.5 (2014): 272-82.
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Electroindustry News
ESFI Recognizes Safety Leaders
he Electrical Safety Foundation
International (ESFI) announced the
recipients of its two annual awards that
recognize leaders who champion the
cause of electrical safety.
outstAnding sErvicE AwArd
John J. Engel, chairman, president, and
CEO of WESCO International, received
the foundations annual Outstanding
Service Award in Honor of Harold
Leviton. his award was formally
established in 2008 as a tribute to
ESFI founding member and industry
innovator Harold Levitons impressive
legacy and dedication to improving
electrical safety. he award honors an
individual who has gone above and
beyond the call of duty in expanding the
foundations interests through steadfast
involvement and efective leadership.
ESFI Chairman David Tallman
presented the award during ESFIs Fall
Board of Directors Dinner held in San
Diego, California, on November 6, 2014.
During his seven years of service on
ESFIs Board of Directors, Mr. Engel
has been instrumental in guiding the
organization on its path to establish itself
as the premier organization addressing
electrical safety in the home, school,
and workplace. While serving on the
Executive Committee as vice chairman,
Mr. Engel helped ESFI establish clear
strategic goals while providing the
framework that has allowed ESFI to
expand its reach and inluence.
sAFEty AwArd For ExcEllEncE
UL (Underwriters Laboratories) was
named the recipient of the 2014 Safety
Award for Excellence (SAFE) for its
eforts in ighting counterfeiting and
piracy. he SAFE Award recognizes
a company, nonproit association, or
other industry-related organization
for active and sustained eforts in
support of ESFIs mission to reduce
electrically-related fatalities, injuries,
and property loss. Ben Miller, senior vice
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January 2015
John J. Engel received the Outstanding Service Award in Honor of Harold Leviton during the ESFI Fall Board of Directors Dinner in
November. He is pictured here at Illuminations Weekend with his wife (right) and Ryanne Brenner, wife of ESFI President Brett Brenner.
Photo by Pierce Harman
presidentUL commercial and industrial

division, accepted the honor on behalf
of UL during NEMAs annual meeting,
Illuminations Weekend, in San Diego,
California, on November 8, 2014.
In 1993, before many within the
electroindustry recognized the threat
posed by counterfeit products, UL
began to incorporate anti-counterfeiting
technology into its labeling format. In
the years since, UL has continued and
bolstered its eforts to ight this growing
hazard to public health and safety.
hrough a number of outreach and
training initiatives, UL is committed
to educating consumers, retailers,
distributors, manufacturers and
governments about the risk posed by
counterfeit products using innovative,
creative, and technologically savvy
approaches. In addition, UL assists
law enforcement to identify and
prosecute counterfeit operations in
the efort to reduce their prevalence.
UL is a sponsor of ESFIs latest anticounterfeiting initiative, Zero Tolerance

for Counterfeits, and has played a major
role in launching ESFIs eforts to raise
awareness about the dangers of electrical
counterfeit products.
Congratulations to the recipients,
and thank you for all you do to help
ESFI make a diference in reducing
electrically-related deaths, injuries, and
property lossesone home and one
workplace at a time. ei
Julie Chavanne, Communications
Director, ESFI | julie.chavanne@esi.org
Stay Safe
visit www.esfi.org
for electrical safety information
and free resources
Did you know NEMA has a Facebook page,

Twitter handle, and Instagram account?
This year, youll notice exciting changes throughout all of them.
Get a dose of Monday Motivation and Friday Facts on

Facebook
Follow digital campaigns on Twitter via special hashtags
See pictures of Hill visits, meetings, infographics, and
more on Instagram
Browse the new NEMA@Home website for ways to make
your home more energy-eficient
Is your company doing something compelling or was it honored

with an award? Send an email to communications@nema.org
and you may ind your company
highlighted with a
#membershoutout
on Twitter.
Code Actions/Standardization Trends

Alec McMillan Recognized for Outstanding Leadership
At the December 2014 Industrial
Automation Control Products and
Systems (1IS) Section meeting, Section
Chair Brian Carlson presented Alec
McMillan an award for outstanding
leadership to NEMA and the industry.
Mr. McMillan has worked in NEMA
and ANSI for more than 40 years
representing Rockwell Automation.
iEc rEports
Mr. McMillan reported on the IEC
general meeting and the initial Standard
Management Board Standards Group8,
Smart Manufacturing. he group will
address smart manufacturing, data
formats, and construct. Its mission is
to promote and protect management
of information.
he section also participates in the
Environmentally Conscious Design
Information Exchange, which is
currently developing an EU exemption
for cadmium. Exemptions in revised
RoHS directive will expire in 2016.
NEMA is working on the case for
maintaining/renewing exemption for
cadmium. Exemption, even if approved,
may be reworded to narrow scope.
sEction rEports
During the meeting, 1IS :
supported the U.S. Department of
Energy Extended Product Rule and
agreed to a proposed early 2015
Alec McMillan is presented an award for outstanding industry leadership by Section Chair Brian Carlson. Photo by Sheila Quinnies
WebEx/teleconference to discuss
future strategy;
heard reports on the NEMA position
on potential updates to OSHAs
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory program policies and
regulations; and
discussed possible expansion of
section scope regarding inclusion of
electronically-operated valves and, as a
result, expanded membership.
he section also reviewed the transition

of the Industrial Energy Eiciencies
Coalitions return to the section and how
it will work with the Motor Section.
For more information on the Industrial
Automation Control Products and
Systems Section, contact Harry Massey.
Harry Massey, Industry Director |

harry.massey@nema.org
Recently Published Standards

he following standards are available
on the NEMA website.
NEMA MG 1-2014 Motors and
Generators
Changes in this edition include
encompassing small motor premium
eiciency values for capacitorstart / induction-run single-phase,
capacitor-start / capacitor-run single-
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phase, and three-phase induction

machines; as well as KW equivalent
eiciency ratings. It is available in
hard and electronic format for $414
on the NEMA website. It may also be
purchased on a CD or for multiple
network users.
NEMA WD 8-2013 Guidelines for
Electrical Wiring Device Replacement
ei
his guide contains a checklist

intended for evaluating the safety
of wiring devices and associated
electrical equipment installed in
residences, by building maintenance
and management personnel. It
may be downloaded at no cost or
purchased in hardcopy for $36 on
the NEMA website. ei
IEC Updates
IEC Structure Allows for Consideration, Analysis, and Response
he International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) has a structure
(Figure 1) made up of a strategic
oversight committee (Council),
technical management committee
(Standardization Management Board
or SMB), technology trend committee
(Market Strategy Board or MSB), and a
conformity assessment policy committee
(Conformity Assessment Board or CAB).
Under SMB are the standards writing
groups (technical committees and
subgroups), horizontal advisory groups
(technical advisory committees), ield of
interest oversight committees (strategic
groups), and groups addressing systems
(systems evaluation groups, systems
committees, and system resource
groups).
Under CAB are working groups assigned
speciic tasks, and the three conformity
assessment systems:
IECEEIEC System of Conformity
Assessment Schemes for
Electrotechnical Equipment and
Components
IECExIEC System for Certiication
to Standards Relating to Equipment for
Use in Explosive Atmospheres
IECQIEC Quality Assessment
System for Electronic Components
In the U.S., there is a parallel structure
under the U.S. National Committee
(IEC-USNC), an integrated committee
of the American National Standards
Institute. In the USNC, management
committees are termed Council and
Technical Management Committee,
and the technical committees that mirror
the IEC are called Technical Advisory
Groups or TAGs.
council (cB)
(Full Member National Committees)
council BoArd (cB)

management
Advisory
committees
ExEcutivE committEE (Exco)
cEntrAl
oFFicE
(The Executive)
(IEC Oicers)
conFormity
AssEssmEnt
BoArd (cAB)
stAndArdizAtion
mAnAgEmEnt
BoArd (smB)
mArkEt
strAtEgy
BoArd (msB)
management of
International Standards
work
Technology watch /
market priorities
Management of comformity
assessment policies,
activities and systems
technical
committies
cAB working
groups
technical Advisory
committies
iEcEE
strategic group
iEcEx
systems work
iEcQ
iEcrE
Figure 1. IEC Organizational Structure
USNC TAG membership is open to all

U.S. interests who wish to participate
in the development of U.S. proposals
to submit for IEC consideration,
analysis, and response to documents
and drat standards produced by IEC,
and consideration of adoption of IEC
standards for use in the U.S. under
coordination by the organization
administering the TAG.
Interested individuals can ind more

information at www.ansi.org/standards_
activities/iec_programs. Contact the
USNC for referral to the appropriate
committee. ei
Ken Gettman, International Standards
Director | Ken_Gettman@nema.org
January 2015
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International Roundup
Late in 2013, NEMA member companies
reported diiculties clearing customs
with products that they had supplied
to satisied customers in Saudi Arabia
for decades. he issue was rooted in
the diference between ANSI and
Underwriters Laboratory (UL)based
product standards that were historically
used in the infrastructure in Saudi
Arabia and more recent national
standards based on International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
standards.
Switchboards, UL 1558 Low Voltage

Switchgear, UL 845 Motor Control
Centers, UL 857 Busways, and UL 508A
Industrial Control Panels).
Similarly, a presentation on IEC
standards for low voltage components,
using the example of IEC 60947 Low
Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear with
several associated parts (Part 1: General
rules; Part 2: Circuit breakers; Part 3:
Switches, disconnectors, etc.; Part 4
series: Contactors and motor-starters).
he key Saudi organization responsible

for implementation of technical
regulations is the Saudi Standards,
Metrology, and Quality Organization
(SASO). NEMA worked with SASO
oicials to organize a two-day
technical workshop in December
that focused on circuit breakers
to clarify the need for adequate
national standards to support the
infrastructure.
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January 2015
hese series of standards and the

products they impact are closely linked
during their development. Examples
of ANSI/UL technology as well as IEC
technology were used throughout the
workshop. Care was taken to explain
that neither technology is necessarily
better than the other, but most deinitely
diferent. For that reason, it was pointed
out that it is important to keep in mind
that products that are designed and
manufactured to one of the product
standards must be incorporated into
assemblies based on the same criteria.
It was emphasized that it is never
appropriate to mix products within a
given assembly. For example, a circuit
breaker designed to a UL standard
should not be incorporated in an IECbased assembly such as a panelboard.
Additional time was devoted
to describing some of the latest
technical developments that are
being made to circuit breakers,
including ground fault circuit
interrupters, arc-fault circuit
interrupters, arc-lash breakers, and
zone-selective interlocking to reduce
arc-lash energy levels.
Technical experts from NEMA

member companies detailed
circuit breaker technology,
starting with the introduction of
circuit breakers into mainstream
electrical installations decades
ago, and the evolution that has
taken place in distinct paths
that follow UL standards and IEC
standards. Presentations elaborated
on the technology and rationale behind
each approach, and covered individual
product or component standards as well
as standards for assemblies.
For example, much time was spent on
describing UL standards for low-voltage
components (e.g., UL 489 Molded Case
Circuit Breakers, UL 1066 Low Voltage
Power Circuit Breakers, UL 98 Enclosed
and Deadfront Switches, and UL 508
Industrial Control Equipment). his
was followed by a description of UL
standards for low voltage assemblies
(e.g., UL 67 Panelboards, UL 891
sites; Part 5: Distribution in public

networks; and Part 6: Busbar
Trunking Systems).
Photo by Gene Eckhart
his was followed by a detailed

description of IEC standards for low
voltage assemblies, using the example
of IEC 61439 Low Voltage Switchgear
and Controlgear Assemblies, again with
several associated parts (Part 1: General
rules; Part 2: Power Switchgear; Part
3: Distribution boards operated by
ordinary persons; Part 4: Construction
Saudi Arabia remains an important

market for NEMA member companies.
Eforts begun by this workshop will
continue to enable the development of
additional national standards to improve
the ability of customers to specify the
right products for their applications.
Work is already underway to organize
additional workshops on other electrical
products, such as products for hazardous
locations, rigid and lexible conduits, and
lighting products. ei
Gene Eckhart, Senior Director for
International Operations |
gene.eckhart@nema.org
Economic Spotlight
NEMA Business Conditions Gauges Slip in December
Ater improving for two months in a
row in October and November, NEMAs
Electroindustry Business Conditions
Index (EBCI) for current conditions in
North America declined in December,
falling to 50.0.
One-quarter of Decembers panelists
reported conditions improved during the
month, with the same share reporting
they declined. Half the panelists reported
no change in conditions between
November and December.
he surveys measure of the mean degree
of change in current North American
conditions also fell, dropping to -0.1
in December from +0.2 in November.
Panelists are asked to report intensity
of change on a scale ranging from 5
(deteriorated signiicantly) through
0 (unchanged) to +5 (improved
signiicantly).
Decembers EBCI for future North
American conditions remained above the
50-point break even mark, but retreated
to 65. Half of Decembers panelists
expect the business environment to
improve over the next six months
compared to 20 percent who expect it
to decline. hirty percent of panelists
expect conditions to remain largely
unchanged from the end of 2014 in the
irst half of 2015.
EBCI indexes are based on the results
of a monthly survey of senior managers
at NEMA member companies and are
designed to provide a measure of changes
in the business environment facing
electrical equipment manufacturers.
Read the complete December 2014 report
at www.nema.org/ebci. ei
Tim Gill, Deputy Chief Economist |
tim.gill@nema.org
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Terri Wilson, Director, PET/Molecular Imaging, MITA
According to the New England Journal

of Medicine, medical imaging is one
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millennium. Whether you are a young
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hanks to advancements in imaging
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How do batteries, space heater
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In recognition of holistic lighting design
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As ei magazine enters its 20th year
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ind timely reports on government
relations, electroindustry news,
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international updates, and business
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hroughout the year, we will continue
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its member companies enhance the
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reliability, resilience, eiciency, and
security. We will also focus on the
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Tell us what you think. Like the
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End-of-the-Year Congressional Wrap Up

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the magazine of the electroindustry

Deining Quality of Life

End-of-the-Year Congressional Wrap Up

Available on the App Store

John J. Engel, WESCO International, is the

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What do the experts have to say

Did You Know

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Government Relations Update

Building Technologies Oice (BTO)/

Oice of the U.S. Trade Representative

several of the provisions of HR 3696,

extends an exemption for EPS service

Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014, in

his legislation, along with other

Government Relations Update

Designers, Illuminating Engineering

challenges in a comprehensive manner

Forecasting a Cloudy Climate for Environmental Issues in 2015

and executive branch actions.

and pressure has increased on DOE to

Challenges Continue to Hinder Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Industries

What the industry is saying:

possibility of equalizing reimbursement

In the new Congress, MITA

Will the medical-device tax be

Medical-device industry companies have been pushing against an

use diferent endpoint metrics when

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

Charles S. Konigsberg, JD, NEMA Vice President for

Improving Quality of Life

In addition, through automation, individual buildings and

Read the We Are NEMA profiles, beginning on page 10.

Medical Imaging and Quality of Life

without invasive procedures, and lead to longer and better lives

NEMA works to dismantle obstacles to market penetration

Innovators Count on NEMA

Niels Miller, the founder of Miller Electric Manufacturing

the size and weight of equipment by up to ten times. Digital

Providing Value to the

challenge to value-selling. Internet auction companies promised

Manufacturers and NEMA focused on proving that

Several major manufacturerswho were also NEMA

As users adopted these approaches, it facilitated the

In 2005, as president of the Utility Supply Management

Improving Electric Motor

began my career in electric motors in 1999 as a motor design engineer. I

Early in my career, I was given an opportunity to manage

built strong relationships that have been immeasurable for both

I started in the industry in 1970 as a ire prevention oicer at

Our industry eforts save lives every day. We design and

Keeping People Safe

he structure of our NEMA 5VS

s director of Field Applications Engineering for General Cable, I have the

efort to analyze the capability of electricians to properly tighten

s a long time, active participant of NEMA, I have beneitted from the

Legislative Representation: NEMAs relationships on

Building Relationships and

I am NEMA through the many committees, forums, and task