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It will highly depend on what type of job you have. If you for for a utility, which in turn you normally are not required to have anyone sign off on the companies job prints, than having a P.E. is more of a job requirement for certain positions. So normally you wont get a raise, but you will...

When people ask me how much they need to study for, the first thing I ask them, is what type of EE program did your college have. It seems a lot of people graduate with an EE degree that contained little to no power related classes. This puts you at a disadvantage going into studying, unless...

I would Highly Recommend the GaTech course, especially for people that didn't take many power system related classes in college.

I took to much stuff, just like I assume most people did. As I studied I made a binder of all the equations and simple notes I found useful. I used this, and the NEC on I would guess 90% of the problems. Out of the other 10%(roughly 8 questions), two I never found anything useful in any of...

It really depends on the person. If you have very little knowledge of Power Systems, then no, you wont. But if you took a really good Power Systems background in college, and have worked in the industry in certain area's like planning(and have a good understanding of the NEC code), then it...

If you understand why you use Symmetrical Components and the theory behind them, I would not waste a ton of time studying it if you are having issues. Its really simple once you understand it. Basically you put a transmission system into a P.U. single line diagram. To do this you need to...

Yes.

Yes, it just has to be bound in some sort. I took my CI exam and scanned it all in, and printed it off as 4 pages/page just to lessen the amount of bulk. Did the same thing with GT Binder. Saved a ton of space. Also it allowed me to only take the pages that had the problem + solution...

Yes, as long as you put them in a binder. All writing on them has to be in Pen, no pencil.

Georgia Tech PE course seems to be the overall favorite.

I used the codebook on the exam and passed on the first try. If you are good with the codebook I wouldn't get the handbook.

I agree. I think I would have been just as well off only studying the binder. I did watch the lectures, but most the time I was tuned out doing other things. Just skimming through the binder will show you what you dont remember, and you need to study. If you can look at the problems in the...

Write it in pencil, so you can correct errors. Then make copies of it to take to the exam.

http://www.valpo.edu/student/asme/FE%20Slides/EngEconSlides.pdf More Econ

http://www.jmpangseah.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/01/chapter-5.pdf MVA Method