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PE Electrical: Power
The most-taken of the three PE Electrical and Computer exams — the one for engineers working in power systems. There are no depth options to choose between: you sit Power, start to finish. Here's what it covers. CastorPrep is building for it now.
What the exam looks like
- Format
- 80 questions over a nine-hour appointment, computer-based at Pearson VUE.
- Scheduling
- Offered every quarter, so you sit it when you're ready.
- References
- Closed-book. The NCEES Reference Handbook and the relevant codes and standards are provided on-screen as searchable PDFs, one chapter at a time.
- Structure
- A single exam. There are no depth options to choose between.
- Units
- Both SI and US customary.
- Volume
- Growing fast — 3,951 candidates sat it in 2024-25, up 21%.
- Current specifications
- The exam moved to updated NCEES specifications in October 2025.
Exam details per NCEES. PE Electrical: Power is administered by NCEES; CastorPrep is not affiliated with or endorsed by NCEES.