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OVERVIEW:
NCPA and Collaborative Learning Inc. are offering this virtual course to help utility line design professionals understand the need for and how to properly apply grounding systems on overhead and underground distribution lines. Participants will learn the purpose and principles of grounding as well as the practices required to accomplish grounding that complies with GO 95, GO 128, and NESC requirements.
PROGRAM TOPICS:
- Purposes of grounding
- Grounding definitions
- Earth resistivity
- Grounding electrodes and conductors
- Circuit and equipment grounding practices
- GO 95 and GO 128 grounding requirements
- NESC grounding requirements
SCHEDULE:
This program will be presented in one “live” half-day session. The planned schedule for each daily session is as follows, subject to some variation based on the level of participant engagement that impacts the pace of presentation. (All times are Pacific Time).
08:45 a.m. to 09:00 a.m. Platform running for participant log-in
09:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Session
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Session
11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Session Ends
REGISTRATION FEE
Individual registration cost is $300, with a reduced group registration fee of $250 per person for any organization that registers three (3) or more people. Each participant from a participating organization is required to be a paid registrant. No group viewing permitted unless all participants are registered.
PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS
Program instructors R. John Miner, P.E., and Tom Black, P.E. have over 75 years of combined experience in the electric utility industry, including extensive experience in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of overhead and underground distribution lines and equipment. They are offering this new program as a cost effective and convenient opportunity for you to become familiar with or refresh and update your knowledge of distribution grounding.
Tom Black, P.E., Technical Consultant and Continuing Education Program Developer and Instructor, Collaborative Learning Inc.
Tom is an accomplished executive manager, consultant and continuing education course instructor with more than thirty (30) years of experience in the electric and gas utility industries. In addition to working with Collaborative Learning, Tom’s experience includes employment with both municipal (Colorado Springs and City of Fountain, CO) and Investor owned (Progress Energy) utilities across multiple jurisdictions in Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Tom teaches courses on such topics as electrical distribution principles, overhead and underground distribution systems, the NESC, electric system planning, construction, operations, and maintenance. He has extensive executive level experience in managing electric and gas utility systems.
 R. John Miner, P.E., President,
Collaborative Learning Inc.
John is an accomplished executive manager and educator with over forty-five years of experience in the electric utility industry. He is president of Collaborative Learning, Inc. of Austin Texas, a firm that presents management and technical education programs and, through Collaboration Unlimited, provides management consulting services to the electric utility industry. John has been an adult educator for most of his career and has conducted hundreds of educational programs for various audiences in forty states, Canada, and five overseas locations. His technical seminars and workshops for utilities have covered such topics as application of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), overhead and underground distribution systems, electric system planning, construction, operations, and maintenance. He has also served as an expert witness on litigation involving electrical accidents and NESC compliance.
If you have questions or need assistance, you can contact Jillian Wolfe at Collaborative Learning. Email her at jillian.wolfe@cl-cu.com or call her at 512-657-7314.
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