[RE-wrenches] Ibew is working to exclude C-46 contractor’s from installing Batteries.

[Bob-O Schultze]

William,
NABCEP writes no state laws, makes no regulations or policies. As such, the only “teeth” it has is to revoke or suspend the Certification of a bad actor. Some states have recognized the value of a NABCEP Certification and tied it to their solar incentive programs in some way, but not all do that. California is one bad example, but then, CA allowed C-46 solar thermal licensees to do PV back in the days because well… solar is solar, right? Idiots...


On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:16 PM, William Miller <william at millersolar.com> wrote:

Friends:

I tell any prospective employee that in order to become a solar electrician,
one must first be a qualified electrician.  I am convinced of this point.
Being a solar electrician adds much complexity on top of the traditional
trade.

However, not all electricians are good electricians.  There is a lot of
shoddy work being done out there.  In fact there is only one electrician in
my area I will refer to.

I am not opposed to the fundamentals of organized labor, but while working
as a union represented worker, I saw union management manipulate situations
to benefit themselves over the worker and the employer.  A lot of solar
installers are not big-box but rather mom and pop style shops.  IBEW moves
appear to be intended to crush the small competitors, and that is not right
with me.

I agree we need a means to ensure good, safe installations.  NABCEP seems to
have no teeth in enforcing standards-- I have never been required to produce
a certification.  The only method in place now-- and it is spotty-- is
through building permitting and inspections.  I put my energy into educating
local inspectors.

Sorry to those C-46 holders out there, but in my opinion, if you don't hold
a license to be an electrician, you shouldn’t be working as an electrician.

William Miller


Lic 773985
millersolar.com
805-438-5600

-----Original Message-----
From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
Behalf Of Jason Andrade
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 6:03 PM
To: re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Ibew is working to exclude C-46 contractor’s from
installing Batteries.

Hi at this point I believe this is a California only issue, but I was
contacted by CalSeia today and was asked to be involved in a discussion
regarding a move where only a C-10 contractor can install a battery based
system This was news to me but they sent me a pdf outlining the issue and I
will read it over this weekend has anyone else heard about this?
My instant response is what special training does the c10 have that the c46
doesn’t ?
Jason Andrade
West Coast Sustainables

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