N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 110.2: Section 110.2

Section 110.2 – Revise Section 110.2 to read as follows:

110.2 Approval of Electrical Materials, Equipment and Installations.

(A) Equipment. The conductors and equipment required or permitted by this Code shall be acceptable only if approved.

(B) Special Installations. No electrical installations described in (1) through (5) below shall be constructed unless a submission for approval has been made to the commissioner and approval has been granted. For the purpose of this section, an electrical “installation” shall refer to the installation of service equipment, transformers, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, generators, generator paralleling equipment, or other sources, including, but not limited to, Energy Storage Systems, Fuel Cells, Photovoltaic Systems, DC or AC Micro Grids, Co-generation Plants, and Stationary Batteries.

(1) A new installation of equipment totaling 1,000 kVA or larger.

(2) Any change in an installation with a rating of 1,000 kVA or larger, up to and including 2nd level overcurrent protection unless it was fully described and approved as “future” on the original approved plan.

(3) Any addition to an existing installation, which would bring the total to 1,000 kVA or larger.

(4) The addition of any equipment in a room, which would affect clearances around the equipment of a 1,000 kVA installation or larger.

(5) A new installation or revised installation above 1000V AC or 1500V DC nominal irrespective of kVA rating.

Exception No. 1: No submission is required solely for fire alarm service taps.

Exception No. 2: No submission is required for the addition of 1 2nd level overcurrent protection device 200 amperes or less.

(C) Capacity.

(1) The capacity of a utility service, in kVA, shall be determined by summing the maximum ampere ratings of each service disconnecting means and calculating total kVA at the operating voltage. Service disconnecting means supplying fire pumps shall be included at 125 percent of the fire pump full load amps. The calculation shall include all new and existing service disconnecting means supplied from the common service entrance.

(2) The capacity of a transformer, UPS system, generator, or other source shall be its maximum kVA output rating.

Informational Note: See 90.7, Examination of Equipment for Safety, and 110.3, Examination, Identification, Installation, and Use of Equipment. See definitions of Approved, Identified, Labeled, and Listed.