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EV Charging Systems and the 2011 NEC® Requirements — Be Ready!
Track(s): Electrical, Green

Thomas Lichtenstein and Alfredo Ramirez, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

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Projections for the market size of electric vehicles have shown that by 2015 there may be approximately one million EVs on the road in the United States and approximately five million by 2020. This session will answer your questions regarding charging system types, and certification and code requirements.

Thomas Lichtenstein is a Sr. Regulatory Engineer in UL's Regulatory Services Department. Tom serves on NEC CMP-19 as UL's Principal representative and as Alternate on CMP-1. Tom also served as UL's representative on the Canadian Electrical Code (CEC), Part 1 for several cycles. Tom is responsible for supporting the Western Section of the IAEI for UL as well as coordinating the development of UL's White Book and White Book CD.

With UL since 1989, Alfredo (Al) Ramirez is Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Inc.'s Manerager of Regulatory Services, which works with regulatory authorities in the United States. This group helps assist Authorities Having Jurisdiction, domestically, to resolve product acceptance issues and resolve potential conflicts between UL requirements and installation codes, among other things. Al is currently the Chair of NFPA 30A