Chapter PSC 114

WISCONSIN STATE ELECTRICAL CODE, VOLUME 1

Subchapter I — Administration and Enforcement

PSC 114.001 General information.

PSC 114.002 Purpose and scope.

PSC 114.003 Authority and statutory references.

Subchapter II — General Requirements

PSC 114.004 General requirements.

PSC 114.005 Application of rules.

PSC 114.006 Adoption of standard by reference.

Subchapter III — Omissions, Changes or Additions to NESC-2007

PSC 114.007 Omissions, changes, additions to NESC-2007.

PSC 114.010 Omissions.

PSC 114.02 Definitions.

PSC 114.092B2b Cable with insulating jacket.

PSC 114.092D Current in grounding conductor.

PSC 114.094 Grounding electrodes.

PSC 114.096C Multi-grounded systems.

PSC 114.097 Separation of grounding conductors.

PSC 114.099 Additional requirements for grounding and bonding of communication apparatus.

Part 2. Safety Rules for the Installation and
Maintenance of Overhead Electric Supply and
Communication Lines

PSC 114.202 Application of rules.

PSC 114.210 Referenced sections.

PSC 114.219 Marking of poles and structures carrying high voltage supply lines.

PSC 114.230A Clearances.

PSC 114.230I Maintenance of clearances and spacings.

PSC 114.234A4 Transmission lines over dwelling occupancies.

PSC 114.234C1a Vertical and horizontal clearances.

PSC 114.234C3d Supply conductors attached to buildings or other installations.

PSC 114.234C6 Clearance of lines near stored materials.

PSC 114.234C7 Clearance of lines near fuel storage tanks.

PSC 114.234C8 Clearance of lines near wells.

PSC 114.234C9 Clearance of lines near antennas.

PSC 114.234E1 Swimming pools.

PSC 114.234F1 Grain bins loaded by permanently installed augers, conveyers, or elevator systems.

PSC 114.235C2b(1)(a) Sag-related clearances.

PSC 114.242G Grades of construction for conductors.

PSC 114.250C Extreme wind loading.

PSC 114.250E Longitudinal capability.

Part 3. Safety Rules for the Installation and
Maintenance of Underground Electric Supply
and Communication Lines

PSC 114.302 Application of rules.

PSC 114.310 Referenced sections.

PSC 114.317 Outdoor location of oil-insulated padmounted transformers near buildings.

PSC 114.320B7 Separation from other underground installations.

PSC 114.323E Vault and utility tunnel access.

PSC 114.350F General.

PSC 114.353E Deliberate separations—Equal to or greater than 300 mm (12 in) from underground structures or other cables.

PSC 114.354D1g Random separation – separation less than 300 mm (12 in) from underground structures or other cables.

PSC 114.354E Supply and communication cables or conductors, foundations and water and sewer lines.

PSC 114.381H Warning signs.

Part 4. Rules for the Operation of Electric Supply and Communications Lines and Equipment

PSC 114.402 Referenced sections.

PSC 114.410 General requirements.

Note: Chapter PSC 114 as it existed on April 30, 1991 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 114 was created effective May 1, 1991; Chapter PSC 114 as it existed on December 31, 1993, was repealed and a new chapter PSC 114 was created effective January 1, 1994. Chapter PSC 114 as it existed on September 30, 1997 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 114 was created effective October 1, 1997. Corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., 6. and 7., Stats., Register, September, 1997, No. 501. Chapter PSC 114 as it existed on June 30, 2003 was repealed and a new chapter PSC 114 was created effective July 1, 2003. Chapter PSC 114 as it existed on January 31, 2008, was repealed and a new chapter PSC 114 was created Register January 2008 No. 625, effective February 1, 2008.

Subchapter I — Administration and Enforcement

PSC 114.001  General information. (1)  Administrative authorities. The Wisconsin State Electrical Code is issued and administered by the public service commission and the department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings as part of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The public service commission has primary responsibility for issuance and administration of Volume 1 as found in this chapter. The department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings has similar responsibility for issuance and administration of Volume 2 which is found in ch. SPS 316.

(2) Availability of state electrical code. The public service commission has adopted the 2007 edition of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC-2007) with certain deletions, changes and additions which are found in Volume 1, Wisconsin State Electrical Code. Copies of the NESC may be purchased from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 (telephone [phone]-IEEE) or the American National Standards Institute, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 (telephone [phone]). Copies of the NESC may be ordered online at http://standards.ieee.org/nesc. Copies of Volume 1, Wisconsin State Electrical Code, may be ordered from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Document Sales, 4622 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2156, (telephone [phone]). Unofficial copies of the rules can be obtained online at http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code.htm.

Note: The department of safety and professional services, division of safety and buildings, has similarly adopted the National Electrical Code (NEC) with certain deletions, changes and additions which are found in Volume 2, Wisconsin State Electrical Code. Copies of Volume 2, Wisconsin State Electrical Code, may be ordered from the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Document Sales, 4622 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2156. See ch. SPS 316, Wis. Adm. Code, for current availability information for the NEC.