1. (1) Definitions. In this chapter:

   1. (a) “Commission” means the public service commission.
   2. (b) “Ordinary high water mark” has the meaning given in s. NR 115.03 (6).
   3. (c) “Utility” means “public utility” as defined in s. 196.01 (5), Stats.
2. (2) Administrative authorities. The Wisconsin State Electrical Code is issued and administered by the commission and the department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings as part of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The commission has primary responsibility for issuance and administration of Volume 1 as found in this chapter. The department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings has similar responsibility for issuance and administration of Volume 2 which is found in ch. SPS 316.

3. (3) Availability of state electrical code. The commission has adopted the 2017 edition of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC-2017) with certain deletions, changes and additions which are found in Volume 1, Wisconsin State Electrical Code. Copies of the NESC may be purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 (telephone 1-800-678-IEEE) or the American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 (telephone 212/642-4900). Copies of the NESC may be ordered online at http://standards.ieee.org/nesc. Copies of Volume 1, Wisconsin State Electrical Code, may be ordered from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Document Sales, 202 S. Thornton Avenue, Madison, WI 53702 (telephone 608/266-3358). Unofficial copies of the rules can be obtained online at http://docs.legis.wi.gov/code/admin_code/psc/114/.

   Note 2: The department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings, has similarly adopted the National Electrical Code (NEC) with certain deletions, changes and additions which are found in Volume 2, Wisconsin State Electrical Code. Copies of Volume 2, Wisconsin State Electrical Code, may be ordered from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Document Sales, 202 S. Thornton Avenue, Madison, WI 53702. See ch. SPS 316 for current availability information for the NEC.

History

History: CR 07-021: cr. Register January 2008 No. 625, eff. 2-1-08; correction in (1) made (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register January 2012 No. 673; correction in (2) made (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register. CR 13-039: r. and recr. Register June 2014 No. 702, eff. 7-1-14; CR 18-007: am. (3) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20.