NESC® 2023: National Electrical Safety Code

Sam Stonerock is a Senior Project Manager in the Transmission and Distribution department at Southern California Edison. He is the Chairman of Subcommittee 8, representing the Edison Electric Institute as a principal member, and serves on Subcommittee 1 and the Interpretations Subcommittee. He has a work history in distribution field construction, field inspections, compliance audits, contract administration, and regulatory compliance. His current role is technical advisor/subject matter expert on T&D regulatory, legislative, and legal matters.

Nelson Bingel received a BSME degree from Purdue University and has worked for 30 years at Osmose Utilities Services. Nelson has been granted three United States Patents for unique designs of pole restoration systems. Nelson has been active on the NESC for over 25 years and is currently chairman of the Strength and Loading subcommittee and a member of the executive subcommittee and the main committee.

Dr. Lawrence (Larry) M. Slavin, currently Principal of Outside Plant Consulting Services Inc., has had a long career in the telephone industry, including AT&T/Lucent Bell Telephone Laboratories and Telcordia Technologies. Dr. Slavin serves on several NESC subcommittees, including SC4 (Clearances), SC5 (Strength & Loading), SC7 (Underground Lines), as well the Executive Subcommittee, Main Committee and Interpretations Subcommittee.

Lauren Gaunt has more than 40 years experience in the planning, engineering, construction, and operation of electric power distribution, transmission, and substation systems. He was employed from 1987 within the Eversource Energy System in Connecticut and retired in 2019 as a principal engineer and the company’s primary technical communicator with Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. For more than 30 years, Lauren has participated nationally in developing electric power system safety standards for the NESC. He currently serves as member of NESC Subcommittee 2 (Grounding Methods), Chair of NESC Subcommittee 7 (Underground Lines), a member of NESC Subcommittee 1 (Coordination, Scope, Purpose, Definitions, and References) and a member of the NESC Interpretations Subcommittee. Lauren is also a long-time member of the national committee responsible for ANSI C84.1-2011, American National Standard for Electric Power Systems and Equipment. He has taught electrical engineering courses at the University of New Haven since 1984. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a registered Professional Engineer in Connecticut, and a member of several industrial advisory boards promoting electrical and other technology education. Lauren earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1980 and a master’s degree in electric power engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York in 1987. He also holds an extra class amateur radio license from the Federal Communications Commission.

John Dagenhart has been involved on various NESC subcommittees since 1990. He is chair of NESC Subcommittee 2 on Grounding Methods, a Member of NESC Subcommittee 1 on Scope, Application, Definitions, and Coordination, and a Member of the NESC Interpretations Subcommittee. John has over 38 years of experience in the electrical engineering industry. Dr. Lawrence (Larry) M. Slavin, currently Principal of Outside Plant Consulting Services Inc., has had a long career in the telephone industry, including AT&T/Lucent Bell Telephone Laboratories and Telcordia Technologies. Larry’s activities have included technical leadership in developing installation practices and “generic requirements” documents, introducing new construction methods, and performing analyses on a wide variety of technologies and products, including poles, duct, wire and cable, electronic equipment cabinets, flywheel energy storage systems, and turbine-generators. Dr. Slavin serves on several NESC subcommittees, including SC4 (Clearances), SC5 (Strength & Loading), SC7 (Underground Lines), as well the Executive Subcommittee, Main Committee and Interpretations Subcommittee. Danna Liebhaber has worked for Bonneville Power Administration for 14 years. She is currently the Principal Electrical Engineer in the Transmission Engineering Organization. This group is responsible for corona and field effects, transmission line insulation, lightning protection and grounding, obstruction marking and lighting among other responsibilities. Danna became Vice Chair of the NESC in 2016. She is also currently a member of Subcommittee 4 (clearances) and the main committee. Danna chairs the IEEE Working Group on Corona and Field Effects. Danna graduated from Washington State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s in Engineering Management. She is a registered professional engineer in the State of Washington. Tom Verdecchio has more than 43 years of electric utility safety and training experience, and live-line transmission experience. He was an integral team member for development and leadership of Public Service Electric and Gas Company’s (PSE&G’s) New Jersey Live-Line Group for more than 15 years. Tom was the lead team member responsible for the development of PSE&G’s live-line maintenance techniques.Tom has been a member of the IEEE/ESMOL Subcommittee for fifteen years. He has authored five papers on live-line work methods and is currently working to combine all the papers into a Live-line Working Guide for the industry. He is IEEE’s representative to NESC Subcommittee 8, Part 4 “Work Rules,” for three code cycles and is a member of the EPRI Live Line Advisory Board. Tom is a member of the U.S. National Committee of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and a committee member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Greg Wolven has been involved in the NESC Subcommittee 3 (Substations) since 2014. He is currently secretary of NESC Subcommittee 3 on Substations, and a Member of NESC Subcommittee 1 on Scope, Application, Definitions, and Coordination. Greg has over 36 years of experience in the electrical power industry working for electric power cooperatives.

Brent McKinney has worked for 35 years in various positions in the electric utility industry. He has been highly active with the American Public Power Association, serving as chair of virtually every committee of the association and assisting in the development of the Reliable Public Power Provider program, later serving as chair of the RP3 Review Panel. He has been equally active with the Missouri Public Utility Alliance and over the past 20 years, he has worked extensively with the NESC. He is currently Secretary of NESC Subcommittee 8 (Work Rules). He has taught NESC courses throughout the United States and internationally.