Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-27.5 - Engineering practice
(1)
Requirement for good engineering practice. The electric plant
of the electric cooperative or municipal electric utility shall be constructed,
installed, maintained and operated in accordance with accepted good engineering
practice in the electric industry to assure, as far as reasonably possible,
continuity of service, uniformity in the quality of service furnished, and the
safety of persons and property.
(2)
Standards incorporated by reference. The electric cooperative
shall use the applicable provisions in the publications listed below as
standards of accepted good practice unless otherwise ordered by the board. The
standards listed below are recommended for use by municipal electric utilities.
a. Iowa Electrical Safety Code, as defined in
199-Chapter 25.
b. National
Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70-2014.
c. American National Standard Requirements
for Instrument Transformers, ANSI/IEEE C57.13.1-2006; and
C57.13.3-2005.
d. American National
Standard for Electric Power Systems and Equipment Voltage Ratings (60 Hertz),
ANSI C84.1-2011.
e. Grounding of
Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, IEEE 142-2007.
f. IEEE Standard 1159-2009, IEEE Recommended
Practice for Monitoring Electric Power Quality, or any successor
standard.
g. IEEE Standard
519-2014, IEEE Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in
Electrical Power Systems, or its successor standard.
h. At railroad crossings, rule
199-42.6 (476), "Engineering
standards for electric and communications lines."
i. Iowa Stray Voltage Guide, located at
www.iowastrayvoltageguide.com,
published July 2014.
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