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AV AS A BUSINESS
NSCA's 2023 Legislative Priorities
for Commercial Integrators
NSCA continues to tackle legislation that aff ects commercial integration businesses.
Here's what we're focused on this year. By Tom LeBlanc
NSCA AND ITS Board of Directors have
a responsibility to integrators to evaluate
public policy and position statements
continuously. Because we serve as the
industry's voice, we want integrators and
manufacturers to understand how regulatory,
legislative and licensure bills aff ect our
industry - and NSCA's position on them.
As we determine our legislative priorities,
we also seek approval from NSCA membership
to ensure the vast majority of members
agree with our impactful statements.
Key Legislative Priorities
A few of our legislative priorities for 2023:
The National Electrical Code: The
2023 National Electrical Code (NEC)
was released last fall, and U.S. states are
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already starting to adopt it. For integrators,
the most exciting part of the new document
is the inclusion of Class 4 faultmanaged
power. This new circuit classifi -
cation is now recognized within the NEC,
and NSCA believes that this is the start of a
new generation of digital power, launching
many innovations in the use of direct
current (DC) technology.
With Class 4, the connected, converged,
intelligent and healthy buildings of today
and tomorrow will see improved energy
effi ciency while simultaneously using fewer
materials (e.g., less copper and conduit).
Although this is a very exciting opportunity
for our industry, there's a reason that this is
at the top of our 2023 legislative-priority
list: The industry now has a much larger
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As code-making offi cials contemplate the
2026 NEC (work has already begun), NSCA
envisions an entirely new section or chapter
that guides standards and practices for systems
integrators. NSCA has subject-matter
experts and representatives who serve on
these code-making panels and understand
how innovation drives code development
- and how existing codes can stall the
implementation of advanced technology.
We're very proud to support NSCA
members who are involved in the eff ort to
modernize code and create more effi cient,
sustainable, intelligent buildings.
Licensure: The licensure issue never
seems to go away. NSCA is not opposed
to company or individual licensing - if the
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