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Utility requirements in California are somewhat unique and are not widely duplicated by the rest of the country. This article is California-centric on PV. The 2016 California Electrical Code (CEC) is based on the 2014 NEC. Some of the 2016 CEC quotes/requirements may not be identical to the 2014 NEC. And, of course, the country is adopting the 2017 NEC, which is considerably modified from the 2014 NEC in the PV sections. — Editor

Alternating Current Disconnect Requirements for Photovoltaic Operation within California

The purpose of this article is to inform, educate, and offer ...

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PV MODULES, Part 1 — What the AHJ Needs to Know, But Was Afraid to Ask

Photons (solar energy from sunlight) hit a PV module and electrons ...

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Large-Scale PV Inspection Teams Planning for Success

This article attempts to lay the foundation for properly planning for ...

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PV Power Plants

Large-scale PV plants have become commonplace in the desert southwest with ...

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Ensuring the Safety of the Public: The Process of Inspecting PV Systems, Part 2

Photovoltaic power systems are proliferating and are going to be a ...

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Ensuring the Safety of the Public: The process of inspecting PV systems

Those of us in the inspection community and those associated with ...

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Article 705.12(A) — Point of Connection Supply Side Connections

Today we have daily PV inspections, and some are supply-side connected. ...

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Sleeker, Clearer, More Understandable PV in the 2017 NEC, Part 2

This article will continue our review of the significant changes in ...

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Adventures in Inspecting Large Scale PV

This article will focus on the inspection of DC combiners, tracker ...

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Hot Topics for PV System Installations

With most of the United States now on the 2014 or ...

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