USITT and the National Electrical Code  
USITT has been actively involved with modifying the National Electrical Code® through several generations of the tri-annual code revision process. The 2002, 2005, and 2008 editions are described below.

2002 Edition:   
The 2002 edition of the National Electrical Code® became available in the Fall of 2001.  Four members of NEC Panel 15 presented some of the updates of interest to theEntertainment Industry at LDI 2001 and at the 2002 USITT Annual Conference & Stage Expo in New Orleans, LA. Here you will find a PDF file of the latter presentation.

2005 Edition:
The Code Panels met in December, 2003 and considered the public comments which resulted in a publication called a Report on Comments. All proposed changes were then voted on by the membership of the National Fire Protection Association at their annual meeting in May 2004. The new 2005 edition of the NEC® is now available.

2008 Edition:
The tri-annual revision process leading to the creation of the 2008 edition has completed all but final approval by the NFPA Membership and the NFPA Standards Council. The NEC revision process began by the general public (you) submitting proposals to revise the Code. In January of 2006, the various Code Panels met to consider these proposals and act on them (recommending acceptance in part or whole, or rejection). These actions were published in a Report on Proposals. The general public (again you) submitted comments on the Code Panel's decisions. The Code Panels met again in December, 2006 and considered the public comments which resulted in a Report on Comments. The 2008 edition of the NEC® will become available in the fall of 2007.

   
Ken Vannice - Chair, USITT NEC Committee
Leviton / NSI / Colortran
20497 SW Teton Ave.
Tualatin, OR  97062
Phone: 503/ 404-5563      Fax: 503/ 404-5663