Keith is the Director and Principal Engineer of Safearth Americas. Keith’s history includes 28 years with Southern Company, having risen to the position of Principal Grounding Engineer. There, he developed programs for utility management of Substation Grounding, Temporary Protective Grounding, Lightning Protection, Arc Flash and Minimum Approach Distance, including implementation of training across multiple operating companies and staff at all levels. During his career he has been an industry leader in the field of power system grounding, live line work rules, and safety. He has led the industry in having contributed to IEEE standards recently 80 and 81 for over 25 years. Keith was an integral part of the development of the 2012 and the 2017 National Electric Safety Code.
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An Empty Space – The Greenfield Substation Current Injection Test
Cummings Room
<p>Designing a grounding system for a greenfield substation comes with certain difficulties. To start, the only physical item at the location is soil in the ground.</p>…
Design