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PROPOSED CHANGES TO NEC 2020 Impacts on Reconditioning Companies Reconditioning companies across the U.S. are facing a potential threat that will negatively affect any business with a critical electrical infrastructure. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently presented to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) the updated NFPA-2020 National Electric Code (NEC), which they had…

Keynote Speaker at PEARL Conference Provides Roadmap to Achieving a Sustainable Future WHEAT RIDGE, CO – “If it is our goal to safeguard an environmentally stable future, then it is imperative that we take a close look at remanufacturing equipment with the intent of returning it into service, keeping it in the system rather than…

Key Role of Supply Chain in Disaster Recovery Stressed WHEAT RIDGE, CO – “Grid and critical infrastructure failure are what keep me up at night, because it is estimated that it would take the U.S. less than a week to fall into anarchy from such a disaster,” concluded Chloe Demrovsky, executive director of the Disaster…

Reconditioned Electrical Equipment Now Included in the National Electrical Code® WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO (March 17, 2017) – Two significant code revisions recommended by the Professional Electrical Apparatus Reconditioning League (PEARL) were adopted for inclusion into the latest version of the National Electrical Code®, 2017 Edition (NEC®). These revisions represent the first time since its inception…

PEARL’s Technician Certification Raises the Bar in the Reconditioning Industry The Professional Electrical Apparatus Reconditioning League (PEARL), a national trade organization for companies that supply quality surplus and reconditioned electrical equipment, offers a Technician Certification program for those individuals employed by full voting member companies of PEARL looking to become recognized as Certified Electrical Equipment…