Article 90

90.2(A)(5) – Scope

Reason for Change:

Revision clarifies that the NEC covers installations supplying shore power to ships and watercraft, including monitoring of leakage current.

90.2(A) Scope

(A) Covered. This Code covers the installation and removal of electrical conductors, equipment, and raceways; signaling and communications conductors, equipment, and raceways; and optical fiber cables for the following:

(1) Public and private premises, including buildings, structures, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings
(2) Yards, lots, parking lots, carnivals, and industrial substations
(3) Installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply of electricity
(4) Installations used by the electric utility, such as office buildings, warehouses, garages, machine shops, and recreational buildings, that are not an integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control center
(5) Installations supplying shore power to ships and watercraft in marinas and boatyards, including monitoring of leakage current
(6) Installations used to export electric power from vehicles to premises wiring or for bidirectional current flow