R.A.7920 New Electrical Engineering Law, Definition of terms

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7920
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE PRACTICE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS
ARTICLE I TITLE AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "New Electrical Engineering Law."
Sec. 2. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
(a) "Practice of electrical engineering" a person is deemed to be in the practice of electrical engineering when he renders or offers to render professional electrical engineering service in the form of:
(1) Consultation, investigation, valuation and management of services requiring electrical engineering knowledge;
(2) Design and preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for electric power systems, power plants, power distribution systems including power transformers, transmission lines and network protection, switchgear, building wiring electrical machines, equipment and others;
(3) Supervision of erection, installation, testing and commissioning of power plants, substations, transmission lines, industrial plants and others; (4) Supervision of operation and maintenance of electrical equipment in power plants, industrial plants, watercrafts, electric locomotives and others;
(5) Supervision of the manufacture and repair of electrical equipment including switchboards, transformers, generators, motors, apparatus and others;
(6) Teaching of electrical engineering professional subjects; and
(7) Taking charge of the sale and distribution of electrical equipment and systems requiring engineering calculations or applications of engineering data.
(b) "Electric supply equipment" is any equipment which produces, modifies, regulates, or controls the supply of electric energy.
(c) "Electric plant" is an establishment or a system for the production and modification of electric energy.
(d) "Power plant design" refers to planning, specifying, coordinating layouting of electrical equipment in power plants, substations and the like.
(e) "Substation" is any building, room or separate place which houses or encloses electric supply equipment connected to transmission or distribution lines and the interior of which is accessible, as a rule, only to properly qualified persons.
(f) "Electrical system design" refers to the choice of electrical systems, including planning and detailing of requirements for protection, control, monitoring, coordination and interlocking of electrical systems among others.
(g) "Voltage" is the highest effective potential difference between any two conductors of the circuit concerned expressed in volts.
(h) "Kva" refers to the installed capacity of an alternating current (A.C.) electric plant or supply equipment, or the connected load of industrial plants, commercial establishments, institutional buildings expressed in kilovolt-amperes.
(i) "Kw" refers to the installed capacity of a direct current (D.C) electric plant on board watercraft expressed in kilowatts.
(j) "Utilization equipment" refers to energy-consuming equipment including motors, heaters, furnaces, light sources and other devices which utilize electric energy, for any purpose.
(k) "Industrial plant or factory" refers to manufacturing assembly plants, including engineering shops, shipyards or other business endeavors where electrical machinery and equipment are installed.
(l) "Commercial establishments" are department stores, supermarkets, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, theaters, stadiums, condominiums, convention centers, restaurant and the like, used for business or profit.
(m) "Institutional buildings" are school buildings, hospitals, museums, display centers, government buildings and the like.
(n) "Watercraft" is any waterborne unit which is designed and built to have an electric plant.
(o) "Electric locomotive" refers to the power plant mounted on wheels as used in the railroad transportation industry.