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Mike Holt's Rating of the Electrical Industry - 2010
 

 

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May 20, 2010
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Mike Holt’s Rating of the Electrical Industry - 2010

Here’s your update! Mike’s “Safest States” ranking has become an annual report that is widely anticipated. In his continued dedication to safety, Mike’s analysis rates and assigns a safety grade to each of the U.S. states based on the state’s requirements for the electrical industry. The standard for measurement in these findings comes from the state-wide adoption of the requirement, and we do acknowledge that there may be counties within the states that may rate higher that are not reflected in the data reported.Image1

Congratulations to Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming for their “A+” rating. These states have set the standard for electrical safety by adopting the most current Code on a state-wide level, requiring licensing for Inspectors, Apprentices, Journeymen, Master Electricians and Professional Engineers, as well as requiring continuing education at the state level for all of these classifications.

We'd also like to congratulate Nebraska for being the most improved state. Their grade has gone from B to A- due to the adoption of the 2008 NEC which becomes effective in July 2010, and the requirement for PDH for Engineers, which we had not reported accurately in July 2009.

We acknowledge and congratulate all those states that continue to set high standards in electrical safety.

The chart below summarizes our findings. To find out how the 2010 grades were determined, click here or click on the map image to see the complete spreadsheet.

2010 Data
2009 Data
2007 Data

If you have updated information that you feel would change the rankings please let us know. Remember that all grades are based on the state standard.

State

2007

2009

2010

Change

Reason for Change

ALABAMA

B-

C-

C-

0

 

ALASKA

B

B+

A-

+1

PDH required for Engineers

ARIZONA

D

D

D

0

 

ARKANSAS

A-

A-

A-

0

 

CALIFORNIA

A-

A-

A-

0

 

COLORADO

C+

B-

B-

0

 

CONNECTICUT

A-

A-

A-

0

 

DC

C

C

C

0

 

DELAWARE

A-

B+

A-

+1

08NEC effective 11/11/09

FLORIDA

B+

B

B+

+1

08NEC effective 10/1/09

GEORGIA

B

B-

B-

0

 

HAWAII

B-

C

C

0

 

IDAHO

B+

B+

A-

+1

PDH required for Engineers

ILLINOIS

D

D

D

0

 

INDIANA

C-

C-

C-

0

 

IOWA

D

A-

A

+1

Inspectors req. CEUs

KANSAS

C-

D

D

0

 

KENTUCKY

A-

A-

A

+1

08NEC effective 9/1/09

LOUISIANA

C

C+

B-

+1

08NEC effective 1/1/2010

MAINE

A

A

A

0

 

MARYLAND

D

D

D

0

 

MASSACHUSETTS

A-

A+

A

-1

*No PDH required for Engineers

MICHIGAN

A-

A-

A

+1

08NEC effective 12/2/09

MINNESOTA

B+

A+

A+

0

 

MISSISSIPPI

D+

D+

D+

0

 

MISSOURI

D+

D

D

0

 

MONTANA

B

B

B

0

 

NEBRASKA

B+

B

A-

+2

08NEC effective 7/12/10;*PDH for Engineers

NEVADA

C-

C-

C-

0

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

A-

A-

A-

0

 

NEW JERSEY

B+

A-

A-

0

 

NEW MEXICO

B+

B+

B+

0

 

NEW YORK

D+

D+

D+

0

 

NORTH CAROLINA

A

A

A

0

 

NORTH DAKOTA

A+

A+

A+

0

 

OHIO

A-

B+

B+

0

 

OKLAHOMA

A+

A+

A+

0

 

OREGON

A+

A+

A+

0

 

PENNSYLVANIA

C

C-

C

+1

Inspectors req. CEUs

RHODE ISLAND

A

A

A

0

 

SOUTH CAROLINA

B-

B-

B

+1

08NEC effective 7/1/09

SOUTH DAKOTA

A

A+

A+

0

 

TENNESSEE

B

B

B

0

 

TEXAS

B+

A-

A-

0

 

UTAH

A

A

A

0

 

VERMONT

B

B+

A-

+1

PDH required for Engineers

VIRGINIA

B+

A-

A-

0

 

WASHINGTON

A-

A

A

0

 

WEST VIRGINIA

B

B

B+

+1

08NEC effective 7/1/2010

WISCONSIN

A-

A-

A-

0

 

WYOMING

A

A+

A+

0

 

PUERTO RICO

B

B-

B-

0

 

*Previously reported incorrectly.


2010 Data
2009 Data
2007 Data

 

 

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Comments
  • Mike, Oklahoma enacted law to form the Uniform Building Code Commission, however the UBCC in developing codes for the different trades, developed their code to be placed statewide, so we would not have one town on the 96 code and another on the 08 code, of which this is the case now. Oklahoma law holds that the local municipal towns and cities can have their own adopted code. For instance, some update their electrical codes to meet the newest code, others have chose to use codes that are dated in the 90's. So there is no enforcement to make everybody adopt the newest code. Inspection and enforcement by the state apply to only incorporated areas that do not have inspection, they will work with AHJ's in towns that do have inspection, and I have heard only once that they worked a case outside an incorporated area, this was a wind farm six years ago due to a complaint being filed.

    Curtis Parr
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  • New York has at least adopted the 2008 NEC effective 12/28/10. But licensing requirements remain having a pickup truck and a screwdriver

    NY Inspector
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  • I don't believe that Ohio should have a score anywhere close to where it is. There is no licensing or education requirements for any one except a contractor. One licensed contractor could have several hundred non licensed people working. Outside of the major population areas, there are no inspection requirements.

    Mike Walker
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  • NC (The State I live and work in) should be getting an "F" grade, since our legislature passed a law in 2008 exempting "Industrial Machinery" from electrical inspections. this was done by people completely ignorant about electrical safety that ignored all warnings and testimony from our electrical safety experts.

    Greg Smith
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  • Mike, FYI the information you have about the State if Kansas is slightly mistaken. The state has required CEU hours for both Journeyman and Masters for the last two code cycles.

    James Harvey
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  • Reply from: Paula   
    James, to our understanding licensing and CEU requirements for electricians is not enforced state-wide in Kansas, but left to local jurisdictions. There are so many counties in so many states that have their own regulations, that we needed to base our report on the State requirements. Thanks for bringing this to our attention - we'll be sure to verify all the information available when we next update our report.
    Reply to Paula


  • I don't believe that states that don't required any test of qualifications or code knowledge should have 'A' or 'B' rankings. In particular, Ohio has no licensing requirements with the exception of a contractor. Once that license has been issued, any number of people at any number of locations with no certain qualifications can be employed.

    Mike walker
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  • Since when does NC require a state license for journeyman? The lack of skill, knowledge and experience is why I have been traveling for most of my 30 year career. By the way I hold a Wyoming Masters(M-1090) and an Alaska JE. No state without a JE license program should get an A.

    Lee Jones
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  • Understand the rating is probably based on what rules and regulations are in place, but there needs to be some other input to adjust the factors.

    Take Iowa for example. Everything you have is correct. However, Inspection is non-existent in many areas. The state is having difficulty hiring and retaining inspectors. The contractors I work with have yet to see an inspector. The Electrical Board continues to pass emergency exemptions from inspection due to the work load.

    Wisconsin is another example, legislation has been passed for everything you list. However, it is not effective until April 2013. So currently there is no state wide inspection taking place and state licensing is still optional.

    Vernon Lippert
    Reply to this comment

  • you might take another look at Texas, TDLR has set new standards for inspectors, and requires them to be licensed, insured, bonded.

    Ken T.
    Reply to this comment
  • Reply from: Curtis   
    I would give Texas high marks in all areas they are very good at their enforcement, and their apprentices have to take updates if they are not in an approved apprenticeship program. As stated above recent changes have been made for Inspectors.
    Reply to Curtis


  • The data for 2007 is wrong for Minnesota it has always been the same as the data for 09 & 10

    slr
    Reply to this comment

  • Pennsylvania adopted the 2009 IBC on December 31, 2009, and, by reference therein, the 2008 NEC. See [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/uniform_construction_code/10524] for more information.

    Richard W. Petrie, P.E.
    Reply to this comment

  • Thanks Mike, this is excellent! Nice to see that there are many more +1's than -1's...the trend is definitely in the right direction overall!

    Malcolm Lewis
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  • Does your grading take enforcement into consideration? Hawaii, which gets a well deserved C requires contractors and journeymen to be licensed but there is very little enforcement.

    The majority of the electricians I meet here on the Big Island are not licensed. I can't speak for the other islands.

    It is supposed to be illegal to advertise if you are not a licensed contractor but this too is barely enforced. Which, as a licensed supervisory electrician and contractor I find irritating at best.

    Jerry Gardner
    Reply to this comment

  • Notice how well informed the politicians in NY are. We are surrounded (well except for PA) by licensing states. Well Mike we do have licensing. It require a person to have a pickup truck and a screw driver. I refer anyone who calls to contact the electricians in the three states to the east. Makes my job a heck of a lot easier. We have been trying for years to get the counties that border those states to get in the game to no avail.

    new york inspector
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