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Short answer: 2023

Which NEC Edition Is on the Georgia Electrical Exam

PSI's reference list for the Georgia electrical exams names the 2023 National Electrical Code, and that's also the edition Georgia enforces statewide. The confusing part is the amendment packet's name, which starts with 2026 and has nothing to do with the 2026 code.

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On this page
  1. The exam is on the 2023 book
  2. Why the words 2026 Georgia Amendments confuse people
  3. Our questions carry the 2026 numbering
  4. The numbers that moved, both ways round
  5. One number that changed value, not just address
  6. What didn't move
  7. How to use 2026 material on a 2023 paper
  8. Questions people ask
  9. What this page cites

The exam is on the 2023 book

The reference list in PSI bulletin 4783 names the Georgia State Electrical 2023 National Electrical Code, or the National Electrical Code Handbook, as the code reference for both the Class I and Class II exams.

The low voltage bulletin names the same edition for all four of its exams.

That matches the state. Georgia's mandatory state minimum standard codes list carries the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition, with Georgia Amendments, so the book you study, the book you carry in and the book the inspector holds are the same edition.

Why the words 2026 Georgia Amendments confuse people

The document Georgia adopted on January 1, 2026 is called the 2026 Georgia Amendments to the 2023 National Electrical Code. The packet itself is titled Georgia State Amendments to the National Electrical Code, 2023 Edition.

Read that twice. The 2026 in the name is the year the amendments took effect, not the edition of the code. Georgia is on the 2023 book and has amended it.

Two items in that packet don't start until January 1, 2027, both in the health care articles. The amendments page lists every item.

Our questions carry the 2026 numbering

The question sets, the calculators and the labs here are built from the 2026 National Electrical Code.

The rules and the arithmetic don't change with an edition. Section numbers do, and Georgia tests on 2023.

So here's the list. Each line gives the 2026 number first and the 2023 number Georgia's exam uses beside it, from our own record of what moved.

The numbers that moved, both ways round

Several of those old addresses are occupied in the 2026 book by something else, which is the expensive kind of move. That doesn't affect you sitting a 2023 paper, but it does affect how you read any study material written after the new edition.

One number that changed value, not just address

This is the one worth knowing even though you're on the 2023 book.

The 2023 edition carries a single general lighting unit load for dwellings and it's 3 volt-amperes per square foot. The 2026 edition splits it: branch circuits stay at 3 and feeders and services drop to 2.

Georgia's exam is on the 2023 book, so 3 is your figure for both. If you're studying from a course, a video or a book written on the 2026 edition, the feeder and service number you're being taught is not the number your paper wants.

What didn't move

Ampacity is Article 310 in both editions, with the ampacity table at 310.16. Overcurrent is Article 240. Grounding and bonding is Article 250. Motors are Article 430 with the full load current tables. Boxes are Article 314 with box fill at 314.16. Chapter 9 is still the tables.

The health care articles Georgia amended, 517.40 and 517.45, carry the same numbers in both editions we hold, and so do 210.8, 210.12, 210.52 and 230.67. Our record of what moved has no entry for any of them.

So the relearning is concentrated in a short list rather than spread across the book, which is the useful part of knowing it.

How to use 2026 material on a 2023 paper

Learn the rule by subject and treat the number as a lookup rather than as the fact. When a worked answer hands you a section number, find the same rule by subject in your own 2023 book and write that number in the margin.

Twenty of those in a week and the list above stops being a list you have to remember.

The practice hub names the exact question sets where this matters, and the tools page says which calculators carry a moved number.

Questions people ask

Which NEC edition does the Georgia electrical exam use?

The 2023 National Electrical Code. PSI's reference list names the Georgia State Electrical 2023 National Electrical Code or the National Electrical Code Handbook.

Is Georgia on the 2026 NEC?

No. Georgia's mandatory state minimum standard code is the 2023 National Electrical Code with Georgia Amendments, and no adoption of a later edition is named on the state's code pages.

What are the 2026 Georgia Amendments then?

Amendments to the 2023 code that took effect on January 1, 2026. The 2026 in the name is the effective year, not the code edition.

Can I study from 2026 NEC material?

You can, if you translate the section numbers. The rules and arithmetic carry across, but load calculations, transformer overcurrent, physical damage and a handful of others sit at different numbers.

What is the dwelling lighting unit load on the Georgia exam?

Three volt-amperes per square foot, because Georgia tests on the 2023 edition which carries one figure. The 2026 edition splits it into 3 for branch circuits and 2 for feeders and services.

Do the Georgia amendments change section numbers?

No. The amendment packet changes the text at sections such as 210.8, 210.12, 210.52 and 230.67, and it uses the 2023 numbering those sections already carry.

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