NEC

Government

National Electrical Code sets electrical safety standards for buildings and installations in the US.

Sector: power-quality
HQ: US
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Stories about NEC (4)

State of Data Center Power: 27% of U.S. Facilities Shift

June 2, 2026 · Analysis

By 2030, 27% of US data centers are projected to run on onsite generation as AI workload intensity and multi-year interconnection queues push operators to self-supply power.
Solid-State Transformer Cybersecurity: The New Attack Surface Under Active Power Electronics on the Distribution Grid

May 4, 2026 · Power Electronics

3 sources Conventional iron-core transformers have no cyber attack surface; SSTs introduce a software + network control plane. Attack vectors: false data injection (FDI most common), network topology, jamming, GPS…
Catastrophic Failure Modes of Solid-State Transformers: Capacitor Rupture, SiC Single-Event Burnout, and the Fire-Safety Question

March 22, 2026 · Power Electronics

4 sources Three SST-specific catastrophic failure modes: DC-link capacitor rupture, SiC single-event burnout, MFT thermal runaway. MPPF capacitor failure can produce localized fire or explosive event from internal gas pressure
NEC 2026 Mandates Arc Flash Labels and HF GFCI for VFD Facilities

November 1, 2025 · Power Quality

4 sources Review NEC 2026 requires specific arc-flash engineering data on every industrial electrical label and recognizes HF-rated GFCI devices for VFD and inverter environments.