The ICC Website is changing. As this transition is made, our new format can be found at www.pesicc.org/ICCWP. Please send any comments or questions to mvh@voncorp.com.
Discussion group D04D has posted an updated version of their "Compendium of Tests and Standards for Cable Fire Performance Evaluation – Effluents" to the download site.
At its November 2013 meeting, the IEEE Board of Directors has named a number of IEEE Senior Members to Fellow Grade effective January 1, 2014. One of them is our very own Kent Brown “for leadership in standards development for design, testing, and utilization of electrical equipment for the nuclear power industry.” Congratulations to Kent!
At the Adcom meeting November 10, 2013, a new Policies and Procedures for Working Groups was approved. This document brings the ICC's policies into line with recently released guidelines from PES. All working group members, especially chairs and vice chairs are encouraged to familiarize themselves with these policies and procedures.
The Fall 2013 Meeting included a chance to honor many of our own, with various awards and recognitions. In case you missed it, see who was honored this spring here.
The ICC Fall 2013 meeting closed on Wednesday, November 13, with a record crowd attending the educational session, a technical tour of AT&T Stadium. We look forward to seeing you in Kansas City, May 4-7, 2014!
Thank-you for your attendance at the Fall 2013 ICC Meeting (the 134th
meeting of the Insulated Conductors Committee) in Dallas, Texas.
Meeting Attendance & Paid Events
Overall attendance was excellent. We had another successful ICC meeting,
achieving a total attendance of 419, making it the fourth highest Fall
meeting attendance since 1997, and breaking the tradition of Florida venues
as the top 5 record-setting locations for attendance. This fall’s 2013 ICC
meeting registered 64 newcomers, 14 of which were new utility engineers.
Eleven (11) new utility engineers across the nation from (North Carolina to
Hawaii) took advantage of the offer we made of a complimentary registration
for this meeting. This makes a total of 25 new utility engineers coming to
the ICC in 2013, which continues to be encouraging. Total utility engineer
attendance set a record with 107. This brought the percentage of utility
engineer participation for this meeting back to 25.5%, and within the recent
historical average of 25-26%. Transnational and Networking Luncheons
continued to be popular events with attendance of 146 and 56, respectively.
The Education Program was hugely successful (thanks to Richie Harp of local
utility Oncor, Al Mendelsohn and Pete Tirinzoni, Education Session Chair and
Vice-Chair, respectively), with a record 115 attendees signing up, and a
record number (55) of those attendees also signing up for CEU credits. The
Education Program consisted of presentations about, and a tour of, the
electrical vaults, switchgear and cables that provide the electrical power
to accommodate 100K+ fans at AT&T (Dallas Cowboys) Stadium, where all kinds
of sporting and entertainment events are held year-round. The electrical
power distribution system of the stadium was installed by and maintained by
the local utility, Oncor. Oncor personnel provided some of the
presentations and also volunteered as tour guides for the stadium tour.
There were five (5) planned events for ICC spouses and guests. Luncheon
tours of the famous South Fork Ranch of the television series, “Dallas”, the
6th Floor School Book Depository Museum, the newly-opened George W. Bush
Presidential Library and 2 shopping excursions. Other spouses and guests
took advantage of the down-time to explore the many other interesting sites
of the Dallas Metroplex.
New Topics of
Discussion at ICC
Training in Robert’s Rules
of Order (RRoO) parliamentary procedures was provided by Lauri Hiivala on
Tuesday morning for Working Group (WG), Discussion Group (DG) and
Subcommittee (SC) officers in an attempt to improve the efficiency and
productivity of the ICC standards development process. A total of 60 SC, WG
and DG officers attended the RRoO training session. Additional training
will be provided at the Spring 2014 meeting on the newly approved WG Policy
& Procedures (WG P&P) by Lauri. The new ICC WG P&P is posted on the ICC
website. Training on the use of newly launched IEEE-SA electronic tools
such as Central Desktop Publishing and IEEE Mentor by Malia Zaman used in WG
standards development is also being planned for the Spring 2014 meeting.
We look forward to your attendance and continued support of the ICC at the
Spring 2014 meeting in Kansas City, Missouri at the Westin Kansas City @
Crown Center, May 4 – 7, 2014.
Online and pre-registration closed on November 1. For those that missed the deadline, the onsite registration form has been posted here. Please help expedite onsite registration by filling out this form and bringing it with you, along with payment by check or cash. (Remember, no credit cards are accepted on-site)
The Dallas Meeting kicks off this coming Sunday! The final agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been updated here. Also, please check out a very exciting technical presentation line up posted here. We'll see you in Dallas!
The final agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Any changes to this agenda will be posted at registration. See you in Dallas!
There have been several recent changes and additions to the subcommittee technical presentations here. Also, Working Group F05 on Damped AC Voltage Testing has posted an agenda for their meeting here.
The educational program for the fall 2013 meeting will be a technical tour of AT&T stadium. Registration is required. More details can be found here.
The sixth and hopefully final revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here!
In addition to the PDF agenda, the ICC is trying a new smartphone/tablet
schedule based on the guidebook.com platform. You can find instructions on
installing "guidebook" and the ICC schedule at this link:
http://guidebook.com/g/kv2qtp6j/
More information is available on the
Fall 2013 Meeting page.
The fifth revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Also, Subcommittee A has posted a preliminary list of their technical presentations here. Finally, Discussion group C11 on Submarine Cables has posted several abstracts of presentations for their meeting here.
The educational program for the fall 2013 meeting will be a technical tour of AT&T stadium. Registration is required. More details will be posted shortly.
The fourth revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for updates.
The third revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for updates.
The second revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for updates.
The first revision of the preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for updates.
The first preliminary agenda for the Fall 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for updates as the schedule is finalized.
We’re heading to Dallas, TX, deep in the Heart of Texas!
You are cordially
invited to the 134th meeting of the ICC, to be held November 10 –
13, 2013. We are twelve (12) weeks away from our meeting’s opening date.
The hotel block closes October 21, 2013 at 5:00PM EST, a short nine
(9) weeks away. However the block will close as soon as it’s full, so please
don’t hold off on making your reservations. Please book now!
More
information about the Fall meeting can be
found here. Please check
back regularly.
Recognizing exceptional achievements in our profession, by both individuals and
organizations, is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. Each year the
IEEE Awards Board recommends a select group of recipients to receive the IEEE's
most prestigious honors. It is my pleasure to inform you that the IEEE Board of
Directors has named Willem Boone
as the recipient of the 2014 IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and
Distribution Award with the following citation:
“For successful
international leadership and guidance in understanding critical factors
affecting power cable life and in improving diagnostic test procedures.”
This award is sponsored by the Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of
the late Herman and Edna Halperin, and the IEEE Power & Energy Society. It will
be presented at a future Insulated Conductors Committee meeting. Meanwhile,
please help us extend congratulations to Willem on this prestigious IEEE award!
Congratulations to Working Group B18 on the approval by the IEEE-SA Standards Board of their standard IEEE 1215-2013, "Guide for the Application of Separable Insulated Connectors"!
The Spring 2013 Meeting included a chance to honor many of our own, with various awards and recognitions. In case you missed it, see who was honored this spring here.
Thank-you for your attendance at the Spring 2013 ICC Meeting (the 133rd meeting of the Insulated Conductors Committee). The meeting officially closed on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. While the train schedules did cause some noise and disruptions to some of the meetings and your nightly rest, I hope overall the meeting was beneficial and of value to you and your company.
Meeting Attendance & Paid Events
We had another successful meeting, setting a new record for total attendance at spring ICC meetings of 383. The previous total attendance record for Spring ICC meetings was 369; recently set in Seattle in 2012. This spring 2013 ICC meeting registered 61 newcomers, 11 of which were new utility engineers, which is encouraging. While overall attendance did set a record for a spring meeting, actual utility engineer attendance dropped by a count of 20 from the high of 101 at the Fall 2012 meeting held in St. Petersburg, FL. This brought the percentage of utility engineer participation for this meeting down to 21.1%. The level of utility engineer participation for this spring meeting was lower than the spring average of 26.1, and lower than the previously lowest utility engineer participation of 24%. Clearly, this meeting’s low utility engineer participation was due to some assignable cause. We will investigate further. We did not have any new utility engineers within the 40-mile radius of the Pittsburgh venue take advantage of the offer we made of a complimentary registration for this meeting. We will be modifying this offer in an attempt to extend this offer to a broader population of utility engineers (new attendees) across the country and abroad.
New Topics of Discussion at ICC
The formation of at least two (2) new Ad Hoc discussion groups was also encouraging; one (1) on HVDC Cables and the other on Consideration of the Effects of Seismic Events on Underground Cables. Both are scheduled to meet at the Fall 2013 ICC meeting in Dallas in November. Much progress was also made in cable and accessory standards development and maintenance by ICC Working Groups.
We also hosted a High Voltage Testing Subcommittee meeting (Chair, Bill Larzelere) of the Power System Instrumentation & Measurements (PSIM) technical committee, one of our sister sponsor committees of the Power and Energy Society (PES) of IEEE.
We look forward to your attendance at the Fall 2013 meeting in Dallas, Texas at the Dallas Omni Hotel, November 10–13, 2013. Please check the ICC Website frequently for updates.
See you in Dallas, TX at the Dallas Omni Hotel, November 10 – 13, 2013!
The Spring 2013 Meeting is here! We hope you are here with us at the Sheraton Station Square for our very full agenda or meetings and technical presentations.
Subcommittee B, Cable Accessories, has posted their technical presentation abstract here. Working Group F05 on "Damped AC Voltage Testing", and Discussion Group G10 on "CIGRE/IEC International Activities", have posted agendas for their meetings here (F05) and here (G10) respectively.
Discussion Group C11 on Submarine Cables has posted a couple presentation abstracts for their upcoming meeting here.
The final agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! We're only two short weeks away from the meeting. We hope to see you in Pittsburgh!
We've updated the layout of the website, and hope you like it. If you find any problems, please let us know by sending an e-mail here.
Subcommittee D on Generating Station and Industrial Cables has posted their preliminary list of technical presentations for the Spring 2013 meeting here! Also posted are a presentation to be given as part of the networking luncheon on Monday. Make sure and remember to register for the luncheon, to reserve your spot!
Subcommittee C on Cable Systems has posted their preliminary list of technical presentations for the Spring 2013 meeting here!
The fifth preliminary draft agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! The hotel block has been extended to April 8, which is only 7 days away! Remember to make your reservations!
A special meeting is being held during the spring meeting with a presentation by Bill Larzelere entitled: "“Changes in the latest revision of IEEE Standard #4 High Voltage Test Techniques-Practical Implications." More details are available in the Spring technical Presentation listing.
The 3rd ICC Newsletter is now available here! The ICC sends 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 the ICC Newsletter. Please 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, Ram Ramachandran and Karen Ouellette) and the contributing authors to this 3rd ICC Newsletter.
The Transnational Luncheon/Subcommittee G has uploaded their list of technical presentations for the Spring 2013 meeting here! Remember to sign up for the luncheon when you register.
The fourth preliminary draft agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! The hotel block closes on April 1, which is only 10 days away! Remember to make your reservations!
The third preliminary draft agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! Also posted are a number of technical presentations, including a mostly full schedule for Subcommittee A, which are posted here. Keeping checking back as more technical presentations (as well as updates to the agenda) will be posted as they become available.
In addition to previously announce approval of the update to IEEE 400.2, congratulations are due to two other working groups! WG B19 has had their new standard 1816 "Guide for Preparation Techniques of Extruded Dielectric, Shielded Cables Rated 2.5 kV through 46 kV and the Installation of Mating Accessories" approved by the Standards board. Additionally, WG C29 has had their new standard 1727 "Guideline For Working Procedures On Underground Transmission Circuits With Induced Voltage" approved. Congratulations to the members of both of these working groups!
The second preliminary draft agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for changes, as we get closer to the meeting. This is a preliminary agenda, and will likely change many times before the meeting. As of this posting, we are less than 48 days away from the spring meeting!
ICC Standards Coordinator John Merando has posted an update to the status listing for all IEEE standards maintained and under development by the ICC here.
Congratulations to the members of Working Group F03 "Guide for Field Testing of Shielded Power Cable Systems Using Very Low Frequency (VLF)" on the approval by the IEEE-SA standards board of their revision of IEEE 400.2.
Minutes for the Fall 2012 meeting are now available for download for those to paid registration for that meeting. To download, go to http://www.pesicc.org/and login with the same credentials you used to register.
ICC Standards Coordinator John Merando has posted an update to the status listing for all IEEE standards maintained and under development by the ICC here.
The first preliminary agenda for the Spring 2013 meeting has been posted here! Please check back frequently for changes, as we get closer to the meeting. This is a preliminary agenda, and will likely change many times before the meeting.
We hope everyone's New Year's resolution is to join us at the spring meeting in Pittsburgh, April 28 - May 1. If you've never been to Pittsburgh before, see what they are saying about it on The Today Show and Jetsetter.com.
Return to the Main Announcements page
