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LAWS & REGULATIONS NSCA Advocacy
How NSCA is Tackling
Business-Crushing
Legislation
A look at how the association works to address
legislation that affects integration businesses,
and how integrators can help. By Amala Reddie
A FEW YEARS AGO, the integration
industry witnessed a trend whereby state
and local governments began to introduce
bills and propose regulations that could
potentially have a negative impact on the
business operations and revenue potential
of AV integration firms. NSCA, whose
purpose is to serve and benefit integrators,
immediately took note of the trend.
Swinging into action, NSCA formed an
advocacy page that detailed its priorities
and that presented policy statements
pertaining to the legislation. It also formulated
a tracking page, encompassing
all relevant legislation across the U.S.,
so that integrator members could gather
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information on pending matters that could
impact their business.
Chuck Wilson, CEO of NSCA, emphasizes
that technology's continuing improvement
has played a major role in how these
pieces of legislation emerge. Citing the
example of Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) technology,
he remarks, " Because of [technologies]
like LED lighting, as lighting becomes
more and more efficient every day, we can
get more luminance with less power. So, as
that becomes a major portion of what can
shift over to the PoE environment, it causes
a strain between the integrator and [the]
electrical contractor. "
Tom LeBlanc, executive director of
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NSCA, expands on the issue, explaining
that one piece of proposed legislation -
initiated in Houston - would have required
an electrician's license to install PoE devices.
" PoE is an example of technology that is
included in a lot of systems that integrators
would traditionally install and design for
customers, " LeBlanc says. " If this [was] put
into place, it [would] limit their ability to
pursue opportunities and earn revenue. "
NSCA banded together with other organizations
and stakeholders to advocate
on behalf of our industry. The grassroots
campaign in Houston was hugely successful,
helping to prove that PoE, defined as
Class 2, was a safe way to get power to
edge devices. In short, the consortium of
stakeholders proved that integrators could
integrate PoE technology safely.
Wilson adds, " So, that's what we've been
spending a lot of time on: [We've been]
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