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Major Changes in the

Philippine Electrical Code Part 1
2017 Edition
Jaime V. Mendoza, FIIEE, ACPE & APEC ENGR.
Member
Board of Electrical Engineering
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Philippine Electrical Code Part I

2017 Edition
 Based on 2017 National Electrical Code
(NFPA 70)
 The Philippine Electrical Code Part 1 2008
Edition was based on NEC 2005
 The Fire Code for the Safe Use of
Electricity
 Minimum Electrical Safety Standard
BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Electrical Code Part 1 2017 Ed.

2017 Edition
 The Energy Regulatory Commission adopts the PEC
Part 1 and Part 2 set by the Professional Regulation
Commission as Safety Standards for Generation
Companies, Transmission Providers , Distribution
Utilities and Suppliers in the Philippine Grid Code
(PGC) and Philippine Distribution Code (PDC).
 Also adopted in the Occupational Safety and Health
Standards by the BWC-DOLE as a “Electrical Safety
Standard” (Rule 1210-Electrical Safety).

The National Electrical Code

 The first documented case of a Code as a requirement of
rules was published on 16th Nov. 1881 entitled “ The
Dangers of Electric Lighting”.
 The first NEC was developed in 1897, eighteen after the
invention of incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison.
 Since 1911, the NFPA of Quincy, Massachussets, has been
responsible for the maintenance and publication of the
NEC.
 Regularly revised (every three years) to reflect the
evolution of products, materials, and installation
techniques.
 21 Separate Committee, each consisting of 15-20 persons.
Members of each committee meet several times, discuss
proposed changes, accepting some and rejecting others,
and rewrite (as required) the sections of the Code that
were assigned to their committee.


2017 Edition
 Based on 2017 National Electrical Code (NFPA
70)
 The Philippine Electrical Code Part 1 2008 Edition
was based on NEC 2005
 Regularly revised (every three years) to reflect
the evolution of products, materials, and
installation techniques.
 NEC 2008, NEC 2011, NEC 2014 & NEC 2017
 NEXT NEC REVISION: NEC 2020, 2023, 2026

No more Part Ia and Part Ib;

In A4 size of paper!
Large font size!
PRBEE Res. No. 18 Series of

2017
 Adoption of the 9th Edition of the Revised
Philippine Electrical Code Part 1 as part of
the rules and regulations governing the
practice of electrical engineering and as
referral code in accordance with the
National Building Code.
 The resolution was signed by the
Chairman FVM and Member JVM on 10
Nov. 2017.

PRBEE Res. No. 18 Series of

2017
 Approved by the Professional Regulatory
Commission : Chairman Teofilo S. Pilando Jr.,
Commissioner Yolanda D. Reyes and
Commissioner Jose Y. Cueto, Jr.
 The resolution and Annex shall take effect after
fifteen (15) days following their full and
complete publication in the Official Gazette.
 Date of Publication in the Official Gazette: Nov.
17, 2017.
 Date of Effectivity: December 2, 2017.

Changes in Chapter I
1.0.1.1 (C) 1.0.1.1 (C)
This Code is intended for the
This Code is intended exclusive use of licensed
as a design electrical practitioners. This
Code is not intended as a
specification or an design specification nor an
instruction manual instruction manual for a non-
licensed electrical
for qualified persons. practitioner, unless under the
supervision of a licensed
electrical practitioner.
Chapter 1. General
Article 1.0- Introduction
1.0.1.4 Enforcement
(A) This Code is (a) This Code is
intended for intended for
mandatory mandatory
application by the application by
Office of the Building government bodies
Official/EE over exercising legal
electrical jurisdiction over
installations. electrical
installations.

1.0.1.4 Enforcement
(B) The Office of the (b) These government
bodies, only through a
Building Official/EE licensed electrical
shall have the practitioner, shall have the
responsibility of implementing
responsibility of of this Code provision in
implementing the deciding on the approval of
provisions of this equipment and for granting
the special permission
Code. contemplated in this Code,
where it is assured the
equivalent objectives can be
achieved by establishing and
maintaining effective safety.

1.0.1.4 Enforcement
(C) This Code may require (d) This Code may require
new products, constructions, new products, constructions,
or materials that may not yet or materials that may not yet
be available at the time this be available at the time this
Code is adopted. In such Code is adopted. In such
event, the Office of the event, the authority having
Building Official/EE may jurisdiction may permit the
permit the use of the use of the products,
products, constructions, or constructions, or materials
materials that comply with that comply with the most
the most recent previous recent previous Edition of
Edition of this Code adopted this Code adopted by the
by the National Building National Building Code.
Code.

1.0.1.4 Enforcement
Deleted provision on PEC 2009 Part 1
(c) The authority having jurisdiction may
waive specific requirements in this Code or
permit alternate methods where it is
assured that equivalent objectives can be
achieved by establishing and maintaining
safety.

1.0.1.6 Interpretation
 Interpretation of this Code  Upon the
shall be by licensed electrical
practitioners. In case of recommendation of
conflicting interpretations, the Code Committee,
these may be referred to the Board of Electrical
the PEC Part 1 Committee
for interpretation. Should Engineering shall
disagreement remain, render the final
thereafter, the Committee’s decision in the
interpretation shall be
referred to the Board of interpretation of any
Electrical Engineering who portion of the PEC
shall render the final Part 1, in case of
decision.
controversy.

New Provisions
1.0.1.10 Apprenticeship
(A) RA 7920 or the national electrical
engineering law requires apprenticeship as
one of the qualifications to the registration
and licensure examinations for Registered
Master Electrician (RME), in order to
practice electrical engineering in the
Philippines. Knowledge and understanding of
the PEC1 , and PEC2 form part of the
examination given.
New Provisions
1.0.1.10 Apprenticeship
(B) An apprentice shall undergo training
under a person holding a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professional license
for the practice of electrical engineering
under RA 7920 or the national electrical
engineering law.

New Provisions
1.0.1.11 Services of Licensed Electrical
Practitioners
For decisions and actions involving a
knowledge of electrical engineering and/or
training in electrical installations and
practices, the services of a licensed
electrical practitioner is required.

Art. 1.3- Electrical Plans and

Specifications
(F) Design Analysis (F) Design Analysis
Design analysis shall be Design analysis shall be
included on the drawings included on the drawings
or shall be submitted on or shall be submitted on
separate sheets of separate sheets of
standard size, and shall standard size, and shall
show: show:
(1) Branch circuits, sub- (1) Branch circuits, sub-
feeders, feeders, feeders, feeders,
busways, and service busways, and service
entrance; entrance;

Specifications
(2) Types, rating, and trip (2) Types, rating, and trip
setting of overload setting of overload
protective devices; protective devices;
(3) Calculation of voltage (3) Calculation of short circuit
drops; current for determining
the interrupting capacity
(4) Calculation of short circuit
of overcurrent device for
current for determining
residential, commercial,
the interrupting capacity
and industrial
of overcurrent device for
establishment;
residential, commercial,
and industrial (4) Calculation of voltage
establishment drops.

a

Specifications
(5) Protection None!!!!
coordination of
overcurrent protective
devices;
(6) Arc-Flash Hazard
Analysis to determine
the required personal
protective equipment in
other than dwelling
place.
Components that Create a Fire or

Explosion
In the Installation Rules , one element of the Triangle

of Fire is removed to make the installation safe.

Proper Wiring Method for

230 V Line to Ground System -

Why Change the PEC ?

 A need is identified!
 Changes are necessary for:
 Editorial improvements
 Improve clarity and usability
 Technical revisions
 Existing provision became unsafe
 New technologies and requirements
 New products and equipment
 Electrical safety is the deciding factor!

Why Changes Are Necessary?

 Hazards to persons or
property
 Fire
 Electric Shock
 Safety
DANGER
DO NOT
OPERATE

Changes are necessary for:

 Editorial improvements
 Device
 A unit of an electrical system that is intended
to carry or control but not utilize electric
energy. (2009 PEC)
 A unit of an electrical system that carries or
controls electric energy as its principal
function. (PEC 2017)

Change Significance
 The definition of device has been editorially
revised for usability and clarity.
 The revision is intended to clarify that a device
has the primary function of carrying and
controlling electric energy or current.
 For example, this revision clarifies that a snap
switch with a pilot light is a device because its
principal function is to carry and control
electrical energy.


Improve clarity and usability
 Bonded (Bonding)- The permanent joining of
metallic parts to form an electrically
conductive path that ensures electrical
continuity and the capacity to conduct safely
any current likely to be imposed. (PEC 2009)
 Bonded (Bonding)- Connected to establish
electrical continuity and conductivity. (PEC
2017)

Change Significance
 The revision provides clarity by simply describing
the purpose and function of bonding.
 The purpose of bonding is to connect two or
more conductive objects together to:
1. Ensure the electrical continuity of the fault current
path
2. Provide the capacity and ability to conduct safely any
fault current likely to be imposed, and
3. Minimize potential differences between conductive
components.


 New Provision
 2.10.1.8(b)(2) –GFCI
Protection Other than
Dwelling (PEC 2017)
 Commercial and
institutional kitchens –
for the purposes of this
section, a kitchen is an
area with a sink and
permanent facilities for
food preparation and
cooking. (Culinary
Schools)

 New Provision
 2.10.1.8(b)(4) –GFCI
Dwelling
 Outdoor in Public
Spaces – for the
purpose of this section
a public space is
defined as any space
that is for use by, or is
accessible to the
public.

 New Provision
 2.10.1.8(c)Boat
Hoists
 GFCP for personnel
shall be provided for
outlets that supply
boat hoists installed in
dwelling unit locations


 New Provision
 2.10.1.8(b)(5) –GFCI
Dwelling
 (5)Outdoor , where
installed to comply with
2.10.3.14 Heating, Air-
conditioning, and
Refrigeration Outlet


 New Provision-Outdoor receptacle Outlets for One Family
Dwelling


 New Provision
Row Housing with GFCI-protected receptacles located

at the front and the back of each one family dwelling,
as required by 210.52(E)

 New technologies and requirements
 Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupter
An AFCI is a device intended to open the circuit when

it detects the current waveform characteristics that are
unique to an arcing fault.

 New technologies and
requirements
 2.10.1.12.Arc-Fault Circuit
Interrupter Protection
(b) Dwelling Unit Bedrooms
– All single phase, 15 and
20 A branch circuits
supplying outlets installed in
dwelling unit bedrooms shall
be protected by a listed
AFCI. Combination type
installed to provide
protection of the branch
circuit.
AFCI

Tamper-Resistant Receptacles
 406.12 All 15- and 20-A 230V nonlocking-type
receptacles in the following areas shall be listed
tamper-resistant receptacles
1. Dwelling Units
2. Guest rooms and guest suites of hotels and motels
3. Child care facilities
4. Preschools and elementary education facilities
5. Business offices, corridors, waiting rooms and the like
in clinics, medical and dental offices and out patient
facilities
6. Places of waiting transportation, gymnasiums, skating
rinks, and auditoriums
7. Dormitories

 New products and equipment
 Resistant Receptacles in Dwellings Unit (NEC 2017-406.12)
Why do you think it is a tamper-

resistant receptacle?
…..To increase safety for children.
…..maybe that your son, daughter, or

grandchildren that you will save…


 New products and equipment


 New products and equipment (NEC 2008)


 Deleted Term
 Effectively Grounded
 Intentionally connected to earth through a ground
connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance
and having sufficient current-carrying capacity to prevent
the buildup of voltages that may result in undue hazards to
connected equipment or to persons. (PEC 2009)
 The definition of the term has been deleted in NEC 2008.
The use of this term is subjective and without defined
values or parameters for one to judge grounding as either
“effective” or “ineffective”.
 “Effective” is described in Section 250.4(A) and (B), but it
relates to the effective ground-fault current path as a
performance criterion.


 New Terms Neutral Point
 The common point on a wye connection in a
polyphase system or midpoint of a single –
phase, 3-wire system, or midpoint of a single-
phase portion of a 3-phase delta system, or
midpoint of a 3-wire, direct current system.
 This is a new definition for the PEC 2017. The
term “neutral” has been used in the PEC for
many editions but was never defined.

 New Term
 Neutral Conductor- the conductor
connected to the neutral point of a
system that is intended to carry current
under normal conditions.

Neutral Point & Neutral

Conductor – PEC 2017

Art. 690.12
 No provisions for a rapid shutdown of PV
systems existed in the PEC 2009
 A new 690.12 entitled “Rapid Shutdown of PV
System on Buildings” was added in PEC 2017.
This new section applies to PV system installed
on building roofs and would required that PV
source circuits be de-energized from all sources
within 10 seconds or when the utility supply is
de-energized or which the PV power source
disconnecting means is opened.

Hazards of Rooftop Solar PV
Firefighters typically use rooftop venting techniques when battling a blaze (Photo courtesy of Matthew
Paiss, San Jose (CA) Fire Department).

Meanwhile, in the wake of attention-getting fires
in buildings equipped
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PV systems, lawmakers are stepping up efforts to address PV system safety through
building code revisions. Cities and states with comparatively high rates of PV
Firefighters sometimes have to contend with fires within PV system arrays (Photo courtesy of Matt Paiss,
San Jose Fire Department).
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Firefighter advocates started out seeking a bigger margin of safety through a module-
Covering panels with a heavy tarp is one approach that firefighters use to reduce voltage on a PV system
(Photo courtesy of Matthew Paiss, San Jose (CA) Fire Department).
In Stamford, Conn., city officials are considering regulations that would require
rooftop panels to be spaced in a fashion that
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move around a structure’s roof. Wider pathways between arrays would allow
firefighters to steer clear of energized panels and leave room for venting.


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of NFPA’s Board of Directors, contacted the association about a fire that had recently occurred in his
town. On May 14, 2013, t he La Farge Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm at an office
building in its fire district. When the first responding units arrived, they found a fire in a concealed space
within the building. But what may have appeared at first glance as a routine fireground operation turned
out to be anything but ordinary.
Firefighters would soon learn that the building’s concealed spaces were insulated with a recycled cotton-
based denim material that was rapidly consumed by the growing fire, which eventually spread into an attic
space constructed of lightweight wood trusses and equipped with automatic sprinklers. The building’s
pitched roof structure was covered with arrays of photovoltaic (PV) panels that made vertical ventilation
of the attic space by the firefighters nearly impossible.
Over the course of 18 hours, the officers and firefighters from La Farge, along with those from numerous
surrounding departments, were faced with a growing array of challenges, including the location of the fire,
the materials used in the building’s construction, the limitations of the town’s firefighting infrastructure,
and more. The fire would eventually destroy a significant portion of building, resulting in an estimated
$13 million inproperty damage and related losses.
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of the fire, the more it came to resemble a cautionary tale in the use of "green" or "sustainable"
construction materials and what they can mean to firefighting efforts. The rooftop PV array, designed to
reduce the building’s reliance on fossil fuels, also presented serious challenges to firefighters. In some
respects, the La Farge incident became a kind of "perfect storm" fire, one that grouped a handful of
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of NFPA’s Board of Directors, contacted the association about a fire that had recently occurred in
his town. On May 14, 2013, the La Farge Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm at
an office building in its fire district. When the first responding units arrived, they found a fire in a
concealed space within the building. But what may have appeared at first glance as a routine
fireground operation turned out to be anything but ordinary.
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New Jersey’s acting fire marshal l , said after Del anco Fire Chief Ron Hol t refused to send his
firefighters onto the roof of the 300,000-square foot Dietz & Watson facil ity, abl aze since Sunday
afternoon. July 14, 2014
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New Article
 6.91 Large-Scale Photovoltaic Electric
Power Production Facility
 Covers installation of large-scale PV electric
power production facilities with generating
capacity of no less than 5000 kW and not
under exclusive utility control.

New Article
 6.94 Wind Electric Systems
 Applies to wind (turbine) electric systems that consist of
one or more wind electric generators, and their related
alternators, generators, inverters, controllers and
associated equipment.

New Articles
 7.6-Energy Storage System
 Applies to all permanently installed energy
storage systems operating at over 50 volts ac
or 60 volts dc that may be stand-alone or
interactive with other electric power
production sources.

New Articles
 7.12-Direct Current Microgrids
 Applies to direct current microgrids.

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Major Changes in the

Philippine Electrical Code Part I

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Philippine Electrical Code Part I

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

The National Electrical Code

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Philippine Electrical Code Part I

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

No more Part Ia and Part Ib;

PRBEE Res. No. 18 Series of

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

PRBEE Res. No. 18 Series of

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

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Art. 1.3- Electrical Plans and

Art. 1.3- Electrical Plans and

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Art. 1.3- Electrical Plans and

Components that Create a Fire or

In the Installation Rules , one element of the Triangle

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Proper Wiring Method for

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Why Change the PEC ?

 Electrical safety is the deciding factor!

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Why Changes Are Necessary?

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Changes are necessary for:

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BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Changes are necessary for:

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BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine

Changes are necessary for:

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Changes are necessary for:

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Changes are necessary for:

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Changes are necessary for:

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Changes are necessary for:

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Changes are necessary for:

Row Housing with GFCI-protected receptacles located

Changes are necessary for:

An AFCI is a device intended to open the circuit when

Changes are necessary for:

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Major Changes to the Philippine