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Abstract

This Technical Report is a selective list of standards and other reference documents in several areas primarily related to electrical protection, power and grounding of telecommunication networks. This Technical Report is purely informative and tutorial in nature and is not considered to be all-inclusive.

The Alliance for Telecommunication Industry Solutions (ATIS) serves the public through improved understanding between carriers, customers, and manufacturers. The Sustainability in Telecom: Energy and Protection Committee (STEP) -- formerly T1E1 and NIPP -- develops and recommends standards and technical reports. The standards and technical reports are related to power systems, electrical and physical protection for the exchange and interexchange carrier networks, and interfaces associated with user access to telecommunications networks.

Many specialists and subject matter experts continue to retire from the telecommunications industry.. The members of NEP have felt the need to provide this Technical Report (TR) as a handy reference to those that have replaced the specialists in the field.

This Technical Report is a selective list of standards and other reference documents in several areas primarily related to electrical protection, power and grounding of telecommunication networks. Standards and other reference documents are included in the list to the extent strictly necessary to achieve the objectives indicate