Revising the NRS documents

The mammoth task of revising and compiling all the SARPA NRS Documents is nearly finished and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped us to reach this stage of the milestone. It is the first time since the inception of the Association, that such a group of experts committed themselves to perform such a task. Special thanks also to Alvin Fredericks for all his guidance and patience when we deviated from the subject (especially in the one workgroup)

The documents namely NRS 055 – Code of Practise for Revenue Protection, NRS 059 - Recommendations to minimize problems associated with the theft of transformer neutral and neutral earthing copper conductors NRS 096 - Guideline to Sealing and NRS 101 – Guidelines for the reduction of the theft of Utility service Metals, are all in the final stage of completion. As the final drafts are finished, the documents will be put out for vote. The aim is to complete the process before the July Convention.

We are very proud of these documents and have already received inquiries from Utilities all over the world regarding when it will be available. It seems we are the only country in the world where guidelines like these are available.

It has been decided that once the documents are available, we will use it as a marketing tool to sell SARPA to Utilities who are not members at this stage. A type of road show is envisaged that will travel around the country each and hold workshops, in order to discuss effective methods to utilize the knowledge in these guidelines. Watch this bulletin for further news regarding this project!

NRS 055 Workgroup