Navigating Compliance for Power Distribution Equipment in North America
IEEE Power & Energy Chapter of Toronto Section Educational Series
As power infrastructure scales to meet rising demand, from data centers to large industrial facilities, equipment owners and manufacturers face growing pressure to balance speed-to-deployment with strict regulatory compliance. In this webinar, CSA Group offers a practical walkthrough of the two pathways that govern how power and energy equipment approach approval for use in North America: Model Certification and Field Evaluation.
We will explore how key standards, such as CSA C22.2 No. 31/IEEE C37.20.2 for switchgear and CSA C22.2 No. 178.1/UL 1008 for transfer switches, apply across common equipment types, and how these requirements show up in real-world projects like data centers, battery manufacturing facilities, utility substations, and OEM production lines.
Join CSA Group's Mehdi Mirzaie and Zhibin Li as they share lessons learned from the field, common compliance challenges, and how to navigate cross-border safety codes, helping you bring equipment to market with fewer delays and less risk.
Zhi Bin Li is a Certification Specialist at CSA Group. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology in China and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
Zhi Bin is a full-time Senior Certification Engineer at CSA Group, specializing in power distribution equipment. He has extensive knowledge of Canadian electrical safety standards, including the Canadian Electrical Code, product safety standards, and CSA’s Zero series standards. He is also actively involved in standards development as a committee member for CSA C232 (ICSP) – Switchgear and SCC TSMC/IEC/TC 121 – Switchgear and Controlgear. Before joining CSA Group, Zhi Bin spent more than 15 years working in electrical product and power distribution system design and installation.
Zhi Bin holds B.Eng. and M.A.Sc. degrees, as well as the Ontario Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng.).
Mehdi Mirzaie is a Business Development Manager at CSA Group with more than six years of experience in testing, inspection, and certification services, and over 18 years of experience across the industrial equipment, oil and gas, mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
He works with project owners, EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and regulatory stakeholders on some of North America’s largest capital projects, including EV battery gigafactories, hyperscale and AI data centers, oil and gas facilities, and advanced manufacturing developments. His areas of focus include electrical power distribution systems, industrial equipment certification, field evaluations, hazardous location field certifications, and regulatory compliance for critical infrastructure.
Mehdi holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Greenwich in London, United Kingdom. He brings a unique blend of industrial, engineering, and compliance expertise to discussions on the future of AI-driven facilities, large-scale digital infrastructure, and electrical safety.
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- Starts 29 October 2026 06:44 PM UTC
- Ends 04 November 2026 05:30 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge