Skip to Main Content
logo
Search
Recently Searched
    • Store Image Profile Picture Image
      • Edit Page
      • MyNEMA
      • Settings
      • Log Out
      Store Image Login
      • NEMA
      • About
      • Membership
      • Member Products
      • Switchgear
        • Store Icon White Profile Picture Image
          • Edit Page
          • MyNEMA
          • Settings
          • Log Out
          Store Image Login
      • About
        • About NEMA
        • Careers
        • NEMA Leadership
        • Board of Governors
        • Programs & Events

          NEMA Year in Review

      • Membership
        • NEMA Councils
        • Product Sections
        • Membership Directory
        • Advocacy
          • Action Center
          • Cybersecurity Council Government Relations Subcommittee
          • Healthcare
          • Buy America(n)
          • NEMA Mexico
          • Storm Reconstruction Toolkit
          • Contact Us
          • Energy Policy
          • Infrastructure
          • Economic Impact
          • NEMA Political Action Committee (PAC)
          • Send me the latest news!
          • Regulatory Comments
          • Environmental Stewardship
          • The Energy Transition
          • International Trade
          • Policy Trackers

            Read about NEMA Advocacy Efforts in Washington Watch

        • Intelligence
          • NEMA’s Guide to the Electroindustry
          • Economic Impact
          • electroindustry Business Conditions Index
          • Send me the latest news!
          • Lamp Indices

            Get the Latest Electroindustry Business Conditions Indices

        • Standards
          • All Standards
          • Code Alerts
          • Patent Disclosure Policy
          • Standards Store
          • Send me the latest news!
          • All Standards by Product
          • International Activities
          • Technical Field Representative Program
          • White Papers
          • About NEMA Standards
          • Publicaciones en Español
          • Technical Services
          • Why Standards
          • News & Trends
            • Blog
            • NEMA News
            • Send me the latest news!
            • Podcast
            • Awards
            • Industry News
            • Advertise with NEMA
            • DICOM
            • MITA
            • More
              Intelligence
              Standards
              News & Trends
              DICOM
              MITA

            Data saved successfully.

            Data saved successfully.

             
            1. NEMA
            2. About
            3. Membership
            4. Member Products
            5. Switchgear

            Switchgear

            Switchgear is made up of electrical disconnect switches, fuses, or circuit breakers that control, protect, and isolate electrical equipment. Switchgear is used to de-energize equipment to allow maintenance work to be done and to clear faults downstream.

            Products include:

            • Breakers
            • High-voltage fuses
            • High-voltage outdoor power circuit breakers and switches
            • Low- and medium-voltage power circuit breakers
            • Medium-voltage load interrupter switches
            • Pad-mounted switching equipment
            • Power switchgear assemblies
            • Reclosers
            • Sectionalizers

            NEMA develops product Standards and advocates technical and industry positions that are in the best interests of Member companies, the industry, and the users of their products. Members generate active, effective, and organized marketing and technical programs.

            Staff Contact: Brian Marchionini

            Switchgear-productIMG-300x265
            • Applications
            • Standards
            • Companies
            • Products
            • Activities
            • Resources

            • Utility distribution circuits
            • Utility and industrial substations
            • Microgrids, distributed energy resources, and renewable energy systems
            • Buildings with medium-voltage circuit breakers for distribution circuits
            • For industrial applications, a transformer and switchgear may be combined in one housing

            Loading...

            • Pagination previous click
            • Pagination previous forward click
            • 1
            • 2
            • 3
            • 4
            • 5
            • Pagination next click
            • Pagination next forward click

            Loading...

            Loading...

            Technical

            • Develops and maintains proprietary Standards for the Switchgear Section (i.e., SG 4 Alternating Current High Voltage Circuit Breakers, SG 10 Guide to OSHA and NFPA 70E Safety Requirements When Servicing and Maintaining Medium-Voltage Switchgear, Circuit Breakers,  and Medium-Voltage Controllers Rated above 1000 V, SG 11 Guide for Handling and Maintenance of AC Outdoor High Voltage Circuit Breakers, and NEMA 260 Safety Labels for Pad-Mounted Switchgear and Transformers Sited in Public Areas); maintains the secretariat position within ANSI C37; coordinates input into UL 1066, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and other Standards/code bodies
            • Provides input to International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committees and administers the U.S. Technical Advisory Group for several IEC Technical Committees to promote harmonization with European and global Standards
            • Administers Standards Testing Laboratory North America (STLNA) activities group to develop consistency for high-voltage product testing and promote global harmonization of switchgear and circuit breaker testing Standards
            • Administers the CANENA (Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standards of the Nations in the Americas) Technical Harmonization Subcommittee Working Group for transfer switches over 750 volts and low voltage power circuit breakers to promote harmonization of \switchgear Standards throughout the Americas   

            Advocacy

            • Lobbies for federal and state policies that promote grid build-out and grid modernization, including support for federal infrastructure legislation, siting and permitting of transmission lines, and commenting on state public utility commission (PUC) dockets
            • Promotes adoption and harmonization of key Standards by ANCE (Mexico's national Standards and certification body)
            • Provides intelligence on the privatization of the Mexican power grid, including access to Mexico's new Standards regulator for the power grid

            • The Electric Transmission & Distribution SF6 Coalition

            Loader
            Medium and High Voltage Surge Arresters Learn More
            Smart Meters and Meter Sockets Learn More
            Dry-Type and Liquid-Immersed Transformers Learn More
            Shunt and Series Capacitors Learn More
            Medium and High Voltage Insulators Learn More
            Join NEMA Learn More

            Ads

            logo
            • Facebook fb-icon
            • Twitter twitter-icon
            • Blog bing-icon
            • YouTube youtube-icon
            • Podcast rss-icon
            • LinkedIn linkedin-icon
            • About
            • Membership
            • Advocacy
            • Intelligence
            • MITA
            • News & Trends
            • Standards
            • Store
            Information
            Contact Us
            Home
            Privacy Policy
            Site Map
            Terms & Conditions
            Quick Links
            Environmental Stewardship
            Field Representative Program
            Find a Manufacturer
            Find a Standard
            High Performance Buildings Initiative
            NEMA Staff Login
            Intelligence Portal
            International Activities
            Apply for Membership
            MyNEMA
            NEMA Premium