EMF Standards

State Transmission Power Line Standards
Electric Field Magnetic Field
State On R.O.W.* Edge R.O.W. On R.O.W. Edge R.O.W.
Florida 8 kV/m
10 kV/m 		2 kV/m - 150 mG (max. load)
200 mG (max. load)
250 mG (max. load)
Minnesota 8 kV/m - - -
Montana 7 kV/m 1 kV/m - -
New Jersey - 3 kV/m - -
New York 11.8 kV/m
11.0 kV/mf
7.0 kV/md

1.6 kV/m - 200 mG (max. load)
Oregon 9 kV/m - - -
*R.O.W. = right-of-way (or in the Florida standard, certain additional areas adjoining the right-of-way). kV/m = kilovolt per meter. One kilovolt = 1,000 volts.  State Transmission Power Line Standards, US EPA
ICNIRP Guidelines for EMF Exposure
Exposure (60 Hz) Electric field Magnetic field
Occupational 8.3 kV/m 10 G
General Public 4.2 kV/m 2 G
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) is an organization of 15,000 scientists from 40 nations who specialize in radiation protection. Source: ICNIRP, 2010.
ICNIRP Reference Levels for Occupational Exposure
Frequency (MHz) Electric Field (V/m) Power Density (W/m²)
0.065 – 1.0 610
1.0 – 10.0 610/f
10 – 400 61 10 = 1000 uW/cm 2
400 – 2,000
f/40
2,000 – 300,000
50