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The Insulated Conductors Committee Bahder Award was created in recognition of the contributions made by Dr. George Bahder to the science and technology of insulated power cables. The award consists of a plaque and a $2,500 stipend/scholarship that is made in the recipient’s name to an electric power engineering department, or equivalent, at a university or college of the recipient’s choice.
At the Spring 2011 Insulated Conductors Committee meeting, Joe Snow, who was awarded a plaque, requested that the $2,500 donation go to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. These funds supported Milad Falahi while a graduate student there.
His copyrighted PhD dissertation entitled Dynamic Reactive Power Control of Isolated Power Systems is now available on the ICC Downloads section of our website.
Discussion Group D04 on Smoke Toxicity and Corrosive Products of Cable Combustion has updated their Compendium, which can now be downloaded from the Download site.
Fourteen different awards of appreciation were handed out at the Fall 2012 meeting. Click here, to see who we honored, and congratulate them next time you speak with them!
IEEE has recently approved a number of new, revised, an re-affirmed standards
created by the ICC. Congratulations are due to all of the Working Groups,
especially their Chair's and Vice Chair's. Those standards are:
IEEE 1793-2012 “Guide for
Planning and Designing Transition Facilities between Overhead and Underground
Transmission Lines”
IEEE 835A-2012 “Standard Power Cable Ampacity Tables - Amendment 1: Revision to
Introduction”
IEEE
422-2102 “Guide for the Design of Cable Raceway Systems for Electric Generating
Facilities”
IEEE 1235
(Reaffirmation) IEEE Guide for the Properties of Identifiable Jackets for
Underground Power Cables and Ducts
IEEE 1202 (Reaffirmation)
IEEE Standard for Flame-Propagation Testing of Wire & Cable
IEEE 835 (Reaffirmation) IEEE
Standard Power Cable Ampacity Tables
IEEE 1143 Guide on Shielding
Practice for Low Voltage Cables
At the fall meeting, the ICC AdCom elected our new Vice Chair/Treasurer Elect, Mr. Frank Frentzas of Commonwealth Edison. Congratulations to Frank for this election, and thanks to him and his company for supporting him in this eight year commitment to helping to lead the ICC!
The 2013 class of IEEE Fellows has been announced, and congratulations are due to one of our own. Serge Pelissou has been named a member of the 2013 class of IEEE Fellows. His citation reads: For contributions to characterization of extruded cables and components in their life cycle. Congratulations to Serge on this recognition of his contribution to our industry.
Discussion Group C11 on Submarine Cables has posted the abstract for a presentation at their upcoming meeting in St. Pete. Also, Working Group F05 on Damped AC Voltage Testing has posted an agenda for their upcoming meeting here.
The final agenda for the fall meeting has been updated and posted here. There are no time or meeting changes, only some room assignment changes.
We have a very full program in all of our Subcommittee meetings. A complete schedule of presentations for all six subcommittees, as well as the educational program for the Fall meeting are posted here.
Online advance meeting registration closes THIS Friday, November 2, 2012! Remember that this is the ONLY way to pay by credit card, as only cash and US checks are accepted onsite.
It's here. The final agenda for the fall meeting has been posted here. Check it our and find out which discussion and working groups are planning to meet. Any last minute changes will be posted at registration. See you in just under 3 weeks!
Subcommittee B on Accessories has posted abstracts of several presentations that will be made at the Fall meeting here.
It is now approximately 5 weeks until the Fall 2012 ICC Meeting convenes at the
TradeWinds Island Grand Resort Hotel, in St. Petersburg, FL! It will be held
November 11-14, 2012. Click
here for more information about the meeting.
Advance on-line registration
will open October 8, and close at 5:00 PM ET on Friday, November 2, 2012.
Remember that advance registration is the ONLY way to pay with a credit card.
Credit cards will not be accepted onsite. more details are available
here.
Finally,
a reminder that our hotel block at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort closes on
October 24! Please consider staying at the TradeWinds. More
information about hotel reservations are found
here.
The 6th preliminary draft agenda for the fall meeting has been posted here. Check it our and find out which discussion and working groups are planning to meet. Please keep checking back, as there will still be a few more updates before the agenda goes final.
The fall meeting in St. Pete is getting closer by the day! The 5th preliminary draft agenda has been posted here. Please keep checking back, as there will be many more updates before the meeting. We plan to have the final agenda by 4 weeks before the meeting.
Subcommittee A on Cable Construction and Design has posted abstracts of several presentations that will be made at the Fall meeting here.
The fall meeting in St. Pete is just 8 weeks away! The 4th preliminary draft agenda has been posted here. Please keep checking back, as there will be many more updates before the meeting. We plan to have the final agenda by 4 weeks before the meeting.
The 2nd ICC Newsletter is now available here! The ICC intends to send these Newsletters periodically to communicate current committee events, information about upcoming meetings, how the ICC functions, benefits the ICC brings to the electric utility industry, development and maintenance of wire and cable and accessory standards used in the industry and other topics of interest. We hope you will benefit from these Newsletters. Pease feel free to forward it to anyone else who you think may be interested! Many thanks to Harry Orton and the Newsletter Team (Wim Boone, Serge Pelissou, and Ram Ramachandran) and the contributing authors to this 2nd ICC Newsletter.
The fall meeting in St. Pete is getting closer! The 3rd preliminary draft agenda has been posted here. Please keep checking back, as there will be many more updates before the meeting. We plan to have the final agenda by 4 weeks before the meeting.
The fall meeting in St. Pete is getting closer! The 2nd preliminary draft agenda has been posted here. Please keep checking back, as there will be many more updates before the meeting. We plan to have the final agenda by 4 weeks before the meeting.
We are now exactly 62 days away from the fall meeting in St. Pete! The 1st preliminary draft agenda has been posted here. Please keep checking back, as there will be many more updates before the meeting. We plan to have the final agenda by 4 weeks before the meeting.
Dear ICC Members and Guests:
You are cordially invited to the 132nd meeting
of the Insulated Conductors Committee. It’s November 11 – 14, 2012.
We’re heading to Sunny Florida!
The hotel block closes in
about 11 weeks on October 24, 2012, however it will close
sooner if the rooms book up. So please book early!
More information can be
found on the Fall 2012 Meeting page.
John T. Smith, III
ICC Chair
See you at the Tradewinds Island
Grand Resort!
Longtime ICC member and IEEE fellow John Tanaka passed away on April 14, 2012. John was very active in ICC and DEIS for a number of years, and will be missed. A remembrance has been posted on the DEIS website here.
Congratulations to Working Group F01 on the publication of their standard IEEE 400-2012 on June 5, 2012.
Working Group Chairs: IEEE-SA is updating the user interface for PAR submittal. More details on the changes are available on the Standards Page.
IEEE has updated their Standards Style Manual. This document should be used by working groups as a style reference for all IEEE standards.
From Standards Coordinator John Merando, the following announcement from IEEE-SA will be of interest to all Working Group Chairs: Dear Sponsors, On 1 March 2012, the IEEE-SA Policies and Procedures were updated to state that no interest category may comprise more than 1/3 of a Sponsor balloting group. This rule applies to all Sponsor ballot invitations opened on or after 1 March 2012. When requesting a Sponsor ballot invitation, It is suggested that you choose a minimum of 5 interest categories applicable to the document being balloted. Please note that the list of available interest categories from which to choose has been greatly expanded. When you initiate a new Sponsor ballot invitation, please be aware that ALL of the new interest categories will be included as the default. However, as always, you may delete interest categories that are not applicable; and you may alter the definition of any interest category to better align it with the document being balloted.
A number of awards were given out at the Spring Meeting including the prestigious Dr. George H. Bahder Memorial Award given to Nagu Srinivas "For demonstrating the harmful influence of DC high potential testing on aged cross-linked polyethylene insulated cables, stimulating the industry to develop methods for estimating reliability" Find out more about this and other awards here.
At the spring meeting, our IEEE-SA liaison provided training for working group chairs on IEEE-SA's new procedures, MyProject, and E-Tools. Those presentations have been posted to the website under the Standards Page. If you are involved in standards, please review the information, especially if you were unable to attend one of the training sessions.
The spring 2012 meeting is now finished. Thank you to everyone who came. We look forward to seeing everyone this fall at the Tradewinds in St. Petersburg, November 11-14.
Working Group C2, “Guide for Bonding Shielded Cable Systems,” is posting the latest draft of the standard, which includes revisions made to address comments received on the first ballot. This document will be reviewed at the upcoming meeting in Seattle for any additional chances or comments by the Working Group members. You can find the draft on the download site link.
Working group F03 on VLF testing has posted an agenda for their upcoming meeting. Discussion Group G10 on International Organizations has posted an agenda as well. Working group F05 on Damped AC Testing updated their agenda for their upcoming meeting.
Chair John Smith has posted a 2nd minor revision to the final agenda for the spring meeting. These update the Subcommittee presentation preload contacts, due to the normal volunteer note being able to attend this meeting.
Chair John Smith has posted a minor revision to the final agenda for the spring meeting. These correct errors on the times for the breaks and the Spouse meeting times.
IEEE-SA updated their policy on expiration of IEEE standards this year. They have provided the linked spreadsheet listing the new expiration dates for the IEEE standards maintained by the ICC.
Discussion Group C30 has posted an agenda for their upcoming meeting.
Working group F05 on Damped AC Testing has posted an agenda for their upcoming meeting, as well as an updated draft to the download site.
Chair John Smith has posted the final agenda for the spring meeting. He has also sent out a reminder that Online Registration will close 3/15/12 at 5:00 PM EDT, Offline registration will close 3/22/12, and after those deadlines all registration must be handled onsite. Remember that Online registration is the ONLY way to pay by Credit Card.
New to the ICC? Long time ICC member? Either way, check out our inaugural newsletter linked here.
The educational session for the spring meeting will be on Accelerated Cable Aging Tests for Distribution and Transmission Cables - Part 2. Also, we have a number of table top displays. Find a list of them here.
Subcommittee A has posted a first draft of their Spring Technical Presentation Program here. Also, the networking luncheon has posted an additional abstract here.
The Networking Luncheon is a great place to get to know people you might not otherwise get a chance to meet at ICC. In addition, the Networking Luncheon has added a new feature, where there will be a number of short presentations on interesting and unique projects in North America, much like the Transnational Luncheon has done for projects outside North America. Abstracts are being posted here. This luncheon does require registration, so do not forget to sign up!
Chair John Smith has posted a sixth draft agenda for the spring meeting. The next posting should be the final agenda.
Chair John Smith has posted a fifth draft agenda for the spring meeting. You can expect a final agenda very soon.
Subcommittee C has posted their Spring Technical Presentation Program here. Subcommittee F has updated their Spring Technical Presentation Program here. Subcommittee B has updated their Spring Technical Presentation Program here.
Chair John Smith has posted a fourth draft agenda for the spring meeting. Please remember this is still a draft, and likely to have a few more changes before the meeting.
Chair John Smith has posted a third draft agenda for the spring meeting. Please remember this is still an early draft, and likely to have more changes before the meeting.
Subcommittee F has posted a first draft of their Spring Technical Presentation Program here.
Subcommittee B has posted a first draft of their Spring Technical Presentation Program here.
IEEE-SA has recently updated their Patent Slides. These slides will continue to be shown at the Opening Session. WG Chairs are encouraged to update their copy of the slides, which can be found on the IEEE-SA Website here.
Chair John Smith has posted a second draft agenda for the spring meeting. Please remember this is still an early draft, and likely to have significant changes before the meeting. Additionally, Subcommittee D has posted a first draft of their Spring Technical Presentation Program here.
Past Chair of the ICC, and IEEE Fellow Dr. George S. Eager passed away on February 1, 2012. He was survived by his wife Ruth, and three sons. Our condolences go out to his family.
You are cordially invited to the 131th meeting of the Insulated Conductors Committee. It’s March 25-28, 2012. We’re heading to Sunny Seattle! The hotel block closes in about 6 weeks on March 2, 2012, however it will close sooner if the rooms book up. So please book early! More information can be found on the meeting page. Please check back here regularly for updates.
Chair John Smith has posted the first agenda for the spring meeting, which is only 66 days away! Please remember this is the first draft, and likely to have significant changes before the meeting. Also, online registration is scheduled to open on or about February 20th.
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