ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Why use different versions?

I've also heard it explained that the cost to EC's and homeowners would be a "burden" to continually update, in addition to the costs for re-codification on the part of the municipality.

I know that there were some questions about adoption of the '02 NEC w/AFCI's being "too much" for some communities, which is why they stayed with the '99.