(a) General

(a)(1) Application

(a)(1)(i) This section covers the operation and maintenance of electric power generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment. These provisions apply to:

(a)(1)(i)(A) Power generation, transmission, and distribution installations, including related equipment for the purpose of communication or metering, which are accessible only to qualified employees;

(a)(1)(i)(B) Other installations at an electric power generating station, as follows:

(a)(1)(i)(B)(1) Fuel and ash handling and processing installations, such as coal conveyors,

(a)(1)(i)(B)(2) Water and steam installations, such as penstocks, pipelines, and tanks, providing a source of energy for electric generators, and

(a)(1)(i)(B)(3) Chlorine and hydrogen systems:

(a)(1)(i)(C) Test sites where electrical testing involving temporary measurements associated with electric power generation, transmission, and distribution is performed in laboratories, in the field, in substations, and on lines, as opposed to metering, relaying, and routine line work;

(a)(1)(i)(D) Work on or directly associated with the installations covered in paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A) through (a)(1)(i)(C) of this section; and

(a)(1)(i)(E) Line-clearance tree-trimming operations, as follows:

(a)(1)(i)(E)(1) Entire 1910.269 of this Part, except paragraph (r)(1) of this section, applies to line-clearance tree-trimming...