This edition of NFPA 850, Recommended Practice for Fire Protection for Electric Generating Plants and High Voltage Direct Current Converter Stations, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Electric Generating Plants and acted on by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., at its November Meeting held November 14-17, 1999, in New Orleans, LA. It was issued by the Standards Council on January 14, 2000, with an effective date of February 11, 2000, and supersedes all previous editions.