Section 316.002. Scope.

 

(1)   Covered. This chapter covers:

(a) Installations of electric and communication conductors and equipment in places of employment, within or on public and private buildings or other structures, including mobile homes, recreational vehicles, and floating buildings; and other premises such as yards, carnivals, parking and other lots, mines, trenches and tunnels, and industrial substations.

(b) Installations of conductors and equipment that connect to the supply of electricity.

(c) Installations of other outside conductors and equipment on the premises.

(d) Installations of optical fiber cable.

(e) Installations in buildings 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.

(f) Inspections of electrical construction of farms, public buildings and places of employment.

(2)   Not covered. This chapter does not cover:

(a) Installations of electric conductors and equipment in ships, watercraft other than floating buildings, railway rolling stock, aircraft, or automotive vehicles other than mobile homes and recreational vehicles.

(b) Installations of electric conductors and equipment for generation, transformation or distribution of power used exclusively by railways for signaling and communication purposes.

(c) Installations of communication equipment under exclusive control of communication utilities, located outdoors or in building spaces used exclusively for such installations.

(d) Installations, including associated lighting, under the exclusive control of electric utilities for the purpose of communications, metering, generation, control, transformation, transmission or distribution of electric energy. Such installations shall be located in buildings used exclusively by utilities for such purposes; outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility; on or along public highways, streets, roads or similar public thoroughfares; or outdoors on private property by established rights such as easements.

(e) Installations for the purpose of street or area lighting owned and under exclusive control of electrical utilities or municipal electric departments where located outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility; on or along public highways, streets, roads or similar public thoroughfares; or outdoors on private property by established rights such as easements, where such installations are in compliance with ch. PSC 114 .

Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418 , eff. 11-1-90 ; am. (1) (b) and (c), Register, March, 1994, No. 459 , eff. 4-1-94; cr. (1) (e), r. and recr. (2) (d), (e), Register, August, 1996, No. 488 , eff. 9-1-96; cr. (1) (f), Register, September, 1999, No. 525 , eff. 10-1-99; CR 02-072 : am. (2) (e) Register April 2003 No. 568 , eff. 5-1-03; CR 08-047 : renum. from Comm 16.02 Register February 2009 No. 638 , eff. 3-1-09.