ElEctrical GEnEratinG SyStEmS Association 1650 South Dixie Highway, Suite 400 Years of S 50 erv ice Boca Raton FL 33432 to t h ry e O st n- du Site Power In Denver, CO Denver, Fairbanks Morse Engine Member Profile Member Engine Morse Fairbanks EGSA Celebrates 50 Years in in Years 50 Celebrates EGSA Continuity and Customer Service Customer and Continuity Preview: Business Ensures Life Vantis Time Capsule Interviews Capsule Time Standby Engines In Data Centers Data In Engines Standby Diesel for Requirements EPA 2015 July/August $5.00 The long-awaited 5th Edition of On-Site Power Generation: A Comprehensive Guide to On-Site Power is available for distribution and purchase! Newly Revised & Expanded FIFTH EDITION with Soft Cover The Book is in Stock! The 5th Edition represents a major improvement over the 4th Edition! Order Your Here are a few reasons why: Copy Today! • Soft cover vs. hard cover - lighter and easier to carry Published by the Electrical • Over 700 pages vs. 600 pages (more than 100 pages added since the 4th Edition) Generating Systems Association • 47 chapters vs. 39 chapters (10 new subjects!) If you are in the business of On-Site Power, you should own a copy! This is THE On-Site Power Generation book. It is all there. It’s all in one place. Powerline • July/August 2015 Call (561) 750-5575 or visit EGSA.org to download an order form. www.EGSA.org 2 COnTEnTS Volume 50, No.4 • July/August 2015 Columns From the Top . 7 Benchmarking 50 Years! Maintaining the Focus. Education . 8 Education Update. Codes & Standards . 10 Features It’s ‘High Time for Power’ this September in Denver! . 12 Won’t You Join EGSA as We Continue the Celebration of Our 50th Year? EPA Requirements for Diesel Standby Engines In Data Centers . 16 EGSA 50th Anniversary Time Capsule Interviews . 24 On the Cover: Looking Back on 50 Years. It’s ‘High Time for Power’ this September in Denver!; Page 12 Vantis Life Ensures Business Continuity and Customer Service . 38 2015 TOYA . 42 Fairbanks Morse Engine Member Profile . 48 Another in our series of EGSA Member company profiles. Departments Events Calendar . 5 Association and Industry events. Index of Advertisers . 6 Who’s Who in this issue of Powerline. Association News . 44 Updates from EGSA. EGSA Membership Application . 45 EGSA 50th Anniversary It pays to be a Member of EGSA. Join now! Time Capsule Interviews: Looking Back on 50 Years; Page 24. EGSA New Members . 47 Who has joined EGSA in the past few months? Job Bank . 50 Looking for a new job? Industry News . 55 The latest reports. 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Find a distributor near you or learn more about GTI Bi-Fuel® at www.gti-altronic.com. Powerline • July/August 2015 www.EGSA.org 4 EVEnTS CALEnDAR Conferences EGSA 2015 George Rowley Schools of EGSA 2015 Fall Conference On-Site Power Generation September 13-15, 2015; Denver, CO The most complete overview of an On-Site Power Generation Sys- Join us as we continue EGSA’s 50th Anniversary celebration at tem available. Gain valuable Continuing Education Units (CEUs) the Annual Fall Conference. EGSA’s Annual Fall Conference fea- by applying today! For information, visit www.EGSA.org or call tures educational sessions on a broad range of issues impacting (561) 750-5575. today’s On-Site Power Industry. More information is available at Basic Schools www.EGSA.org/fall or by calling (561) 750-5575. February 10-12 ........................................................Scottsdale, AZ June 2-4 ................................................................. Charleston, SC EGSA 2016 Spring Conference August 11-13 ......................................................Minneapolis, MN March 20-22, 2016; San Antonio, TX December 7-9 ........................................................ Las Vegas, NV* EGSA’s Annual Spring Conference features educational sessions on *To be held concurrently with POWER-GEN International 2015 a broad range of issues impacting today’s On-Site Power industry. Advanced Schools More information will be available at www.EGSA.org or by calling April 20-23 ...................................................................Austin, TX (561) 750-5575. July 13-16 ....................................................................Atlanta, GA October 19-22 ...................................................Salt Lake City, UT Industry Trade Shows POWER-GEN International 2015 December 8-10, 2015; Las Vegas, NV The world’s largest show for power generation, featuring the EGSA On-Site Power Pavilion. For exhibit information, contact EGSA at (561) 750-5575, ext 206 or e-mail Liz Bustamante at [email protected]. Powerline • July/August 2015 www.EGSA.org 5 2015 EGSA Officers ADVERTISERS InDEx President Ed Murphy, Power Search, Inc. [email protected] President-Elect Aaron Equipment Company . 54 Disclaimer Bob Hafich, Emergency Systems Service Company [email protected] Altronic, LLC (GTI Bi-Fuel) . 4 Powerline Magazine is wholly owned and operated by the Electrical Generating Systems Association (EGSA) and Vice President Anna, Inc. 47 includes advertising, press releases, editorials, and other Charlie Habic, Gillette Generators Inc. materials and information submitted by third parties and [email protected] ASCO Power Technologies . 56 gathered by EGSA, its publisher, and its agents and from Secretary-Treasurer contributors. This information is passed along by EGSA for David Brown, Collicutt Energy Services Inc. ComAp . 54 the interest of its members only. 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