Check this page periodically to learn about the Presentations scheduled for the Fall meeting.

Please Note: This is a only a listing of the presentations andUNLESS NOTED, DOES NOT IMPLY THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WILL BE PRESENTED.

  • Opening Session
  • Mini-Expo Vendor
    • American Wire Group
    • AP Sensing
    • Burns & McDonnell
    • Cable Technology Laboratories
    • CorrTech Inc.
    • DNV
    • Doble Engineering
    • Eaton – CYMCAP Software
    • E-J Electric Installation Co
    • Elecnor Hawekye, LLC
    • G & W Electric Co.
    • Gaon Cable
    • H V Diagnostics Inc
    • HANWHA INTERNATIONAL LLC
    • Hellenic Cable
    • HV TECHNOLOGIES, Inc.
    • ILJIN Electric USA, Inc.
    • InfraSource
    • Kinectrics
    • LS Cable Systems America, Inc.
    • LUNA – LIOS Sensing
    • NKT Inc
    • PFISTERER
    • Phenix Technologies
    • Polywater
    • Prime Drilling
    • Prysmian Group
    • Rugged Monitoring
    • Southwire Company
    • Sumitomo Electric
    • Taihan Electric USA Ltd
    • TE Connectivity
    • Tierra Group
    • UL
    • Underground Solutions, Inc.
    • United Pacific Projects
    • USi
    • WA Chester
    • Walker US, Inc.
    • Wilson Construction Co.
  • Subcommittee A – Cable Construction and Design – Monday, October 21, 2024, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM: Chairman’s Opening Remarks and Announcements
    • 2:15-2:45 PM “XLPE Compound Solutions for the Submarine Cable” by Young-joo Lee, Hanwha Solution Corp.
      With the rise of renewable energy, offshore wind power generations are growing rapidly. There are two main types of power cables used in offshore wind farms. One is the Inter Array Cable, the other is the Export Cable, which transmits power from the offshore substation to the onshore substation. The quality and reliability of these cables is crucial as they collect and transmit the power generated by the turbines to the substation. However, since these are submarine cables installed under the sea, there are metal sheath layers made of lead to prevent moisture from penetrating into the cable. However, the increased weight of the cable due to the metal sheath increases the cost, difficulty in transportation and installation, and environmental issues due to lead. Therefore, if the metal sheath can be omitted from the cable, there are many advantages, but there is a possibility of moisture penetration into the cable and the insulation layer may deteriorate. Therefore, it is necessary to use insulation materials that can maintain insulation performance. 
    • 2:45-3:15 PM “EPR & WTRXLPE Service Performance by Datamining of ICC Minutes” by Josh Perkel, Dexter Lewis, Nigel Hampton, EPRI Extruded insulations were introduced in the mid 1960’s to address the cost and perceived reliability issues of Paper Insulated Lead Cables. After initial good experience the reliability was degraded by the then unknown phenomenon of water treeing. Right from the start it was observed that the poorer than anticipated performance of extruded cables was not universal to all cable designs and installations.  In the 1980’s and 1990’s multi utility collations of service performance were spearheaded by the Cable Engineering Committee of the AEIC (Association of Electrical Illuminating Companies) and published in the ICC Minutes. The majority of this input was tabulated at the time. The AEIC reporting captured details on the insulation material, jacketing, electric stress and installation. At the time the focus was on collection of the data.  Data collation and analysis was not undertaken. This presentation describes:
      • The approach used to locate and extract the information from the historical records (circa 1985 – 1992),
      • How these data are integrated into the previous (Subcommittee A Spring 2024) work.
      • Lastly, we will include some discussions of work currently being undertaken to place these in context with today’s failure rates.
    • 3:15-3:30 PM BREAK
    • 3:30-4:00 PM “TOV Testing of Extruded HVDC cables – requirements, challenges and experience” by Dr. Heiko Jahn, KEMAExtruded HVDC cables are increasingly used to connect offshore wind parks to the coastlines but also to provide long distance cable connections as backbones of the renewable energy system. Testing of such cables with transient overvoltages (TOV) is a requirement from system operators which results from numerical calculation of the grid behavior in case of a cable fault.  The resulting waveforms deviate from waveforms which are already required for extruded HVAC cables but also for extruded HVDC cables when TOV testing is not required. Therefore, this presentation introduces the testing requirements and proposes a solution which was already successfully realized in a 525 kV HVDC test loop.
    • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: “Evolution of TR-XLPE Insulated Cables: Four Decades of Proven Performance and Reliability” by Paul Brigandi, Tim Person, Saurav Sengupta, Joanna Giovanoli, Dow. Water tree retardant crosslinked polyethylene (TR-XLPE) insulation materials, introduced in 1983, has revolutionized the reliability and performance of underground cables used in wet environments to prevent premature failures associated with water treeing phenomena. This year marks 40 years of proven performance of this technology. Over the past four decades, cables insulated with even the first generation of TR-XLPE insulated cables have demonstrated durability and have been providing consistent, reliable service. Field-aged cable studies, including a 17-year assessment of three-phase 35kV circuit cables from Alabama Power’s Galleria Mall, confirmed the wet electrical performance and longevity of TR-XLPE-insulated cables. Additional cable evaluations after 25 years of service from the same installation support the service-life expectation of greater than 40-years. The latest advancements in TR-XLPE material technology have further enhanced its wet electrical performance, ensuring even greater reliability for distribution systems and prompting use in wet-design transmission cable systems. This presentation will provide the historical evolution of TR-XLPE, in-depth analysis of TR-XLPE’s proven field performance, the technological advancements that have shaped its development, and the future innovations anticipated to enable optimization of cable design and performance for various applications.
    • 4:30 PM – 5:00PM: Low loss Tree Retardant Compound for Higher Voltages” Detlef Wald, Rajesh Kothari, Eifelkabel. Most of the commercially available XLPE compounds that are retarding the growth of water trees have the disadvantage that they are having a higher dielectric loss factor than general purpose XLPE. We have developed a compound with approximately the same loss factor than general purpose commercial XLPE over the operating temperature and higher electrical stress.  The compound has passed the requirements of the Cenelec HD 620 test for Germany after being aged according to Cenelec HD605.
    • 5:30 PM Adjourn
  • Subcommittee B – Accessories – Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM: Chairman’s opening remarks and announcements
    • 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM: “Dry Type Cable Termination with Standardized Inner Contour Dimension by CIGRE TB 784”, Lei Chen (NKT, Sweden). This presentation summarizes the latest development of a new generation, dry type, plug-in GIS cable termination, with inner contour following dimensions given by CIGRE TB 784. The standardized inner contour will allow all involved parties to profit from the plug separation from the insulator, as GIS manufacturers will be able to source the insulators directly from the epoxy resin producers and the final customer can choose the plug-in part later. The common interface allows more manufacturers to produce insulators, plugs, terminations, joints etc. with the same contour that is compatible among components. This makes it much more flexible for new installations, repairs and testing activities. It is beneficial to promote this concept and to motivate network operators, testing institutes and other cable and accessories manufacturers to follow this direction and develop products accordingly.
    • 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM: “Compatibility of compounds used to seal conduits, riser poles, and openings”, Tom Fredericks (American Polywater, USA). The NESC 322 (b)(4), ITU, TIA and other industry organizations all call for the sealing of conduits, but only the NEC code calls out the need for compatibility. The NFPA 70® National Electrical Code® 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020 Editions have two important sections NEC 225.27 Raceway Seal and 300.5 (G) and 300.7 (A). that state “sealants shall be identified for use with cable insulation, conductor insulation, bare conductor, shield, or other components.” The presentation will focus on commonly used products by utilities and their subcontractors that have no compatibility testing information on cables, potentially are dangerous to installers, and do not meet the performance characteristics to meet the NESC and NEC codes, respectively.
    • 9:15AM – 9:45AM: “Interaction between cable and accessory materials in HVAC and HVDC applications – presentation from a CIGRE working group”, Anders Gustafsson (Borealis, Sweden). Power cables and accessories have to function together during the lifetime of the system electrically, thermally and thermo-mechanically. Generally the accessories are considered the more critical part of the cable system since new interfaces are created by manual labor which influence the electrical field in the insulating materials and by the same time introduce the possibility of human error. Due to the ongoing growth of cable systems, including aiming for higher operating voltages, it was identified by CIGRE SC B1 that the aspects of compatibility between accessory and cable materials needed further attention. The presentation will deal about the outcome by the working group.
    • 9:45AM – 10:15: Break
    • 10:15 AM – 10:45AM: “Evolution of Dry-Type Termination: development, installation and testing experience up to 245 kV”, Svetlana Mukhoriamova (Prysmian, Netherlands). This presentation explores the advancements and experiences in dry-type cable termination technology, starting with an overview of their significance. It then delves into the 170kV dry-type termination, detailing comprehensive testing procedures, including development, pre-qualification, and type tests, supported by real-world installation examples. Next, it introduces a new design for larger cables tailored for 170kV applications, highlighting design innovations and industry benefits. A major highlight is the development of the 245kV termination, which underwent rigorous internal tests and qualification procedure. The recent successful completion of type and pre-qualification tests underscores the exceptional robustness and efficiency of this high-voltage solution.
    • 10:45 AM – 11:15AM:“SCATE for Cable and Accessories”, Alicia Farag (Locusview, USA). This presentation will provide an update on the development and implementation of an industry standard for Unique IDs and Smart Tags for electric grid assets including cable and accessories. An on-going IEEE Industry Connections program developed the SCATE Specification that is being deployed for testing and pilot projects with manufacturers and utilities. The new IEEE P3476 work group is converting the SCATE Specification into a standard. The new standard will define the structure and content of a smart Unique ID with embedded attribute data that will be created by manufacturers. The Unique ID will then be applied to products with a Smart Tag QR Code. Utilities will be able to scan the SCATE QR Code and retrieve attribute data including ratings, materials, dimensions, manufacturer, and serial/batch/lot numbers. Some of the unique challenges of creating and applying Smart Tags to cable and accessories will be discussed.
    • 11:15 AM: Chairman’s closing remarks and Adjourn
  • Subcommittee C – Cable Systems – Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    • 2:00 – 2:15 PM: Chairman’s Opening Remarks and Announcements
    • 2:15 – 2:50 PM: Champlain Hudson Power Express: A Renewable Energy Solution for New York City by Bob Harrison, Transmission Developers Inc. Abstract: The most powerful project you’ll never see. Developed in anticipation of New York state’s transition from fossil fuel to clean energy, the fully buried 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express® transmission line is ready to power New Yorkers into the future with clean, renewable hydropower. And just in time, too, as the state’s new Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) requires that New York be powered by 70 percent renewable energy by 2030. The CHPE is fully permitted and under construction and is expected to be fully operational in spring of 2026, delivering 1,250 MW of low-cost renewable power directly into the New York Metro area. This presentation will discuss the many challenges of bringing a long-distance merchant transmission line to fruition and will include construction progress to date.
    • 2:50 – 3:25 PM: Unconventional approach in cable project realization to meet the needs of the TSO’s, by Jacco Smit, Tennet. Abstract: Dutch TSO Tennet is looking for new ways to realize cable projects to support the energy transition. Important aspects are speed of installation with a minimum impact on the environment. The ambitious targets can’t be met when using conventional techniques, so innovative solutions are required.
    • 3:25 -3:40 PM BREAK
    • 3:40 – 4:15 PM: ATC Straits of Mackinac Submarine Cable Replacement, by Dustin Johanek, and Devin Mahaffey, ATC. Abstract: This presentation is a summary of the emergency circuit reconfiguration and ultimate replacement of six existing 138kV SCFF (self-contained fluid filled) single phase cables with two 138kV XLPE three phase cables on an accelerated timeline. This presentation will address the planning and execution of the replacement with a focus on the risks and challenges identified and the solutions developed. The Straits of Mackinac connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron and present a particular set of challenges for cable installation and operation with significant weather and access limitations.
    • 4:15 – 4:50 PM : Cable thermal rating in ventilated tunnels with multiple circuits, by Preslav Ivanov, CYMCAP Software – Eaton, and George J. Anders, aco-Anders Consulting. Abstract: Cables in ventilated tunnels are commonly used for transmission and distribution of electricity, especially in large cities. Heat dissipation in ventilated tunnels is complex compared to typical underground installations, as it involves conduction, convection and radiation. International standards used to compute ampacity of power cables do not cover specific methods for such installations. IEC 60287-2-3 (to be released later in 2024) and Electra-143 describe an approach to compute ampacity for cables in ventilated tunnels. However, this methodology is limited to a single circuit making it impractical for real case scenarios where multiple circuits with different cable types are common. This presentation analyzes and confirms the precision of new methods found in literature and also developed by the authors. It validates whether these methods can be used in installations with multiple cable arrangements and showcases its implementation in a commercial software. Results are validated using a finite element software showing a high degree of accuracy.
    • 4:50 -5:25 PM: Submarine Cable Repair Project, by Gaye Angela Ohanesian, gopower inc. Abstract: In April 2024, a fault occurred on a 15kV 500kcmil XLPE submarine cable. This bifurcated line was installed in the Concord River in the mid-1980s. This presentation will share the history of the line for context, challenges of the site, findings, components needed for repair, and the steps taken to locate fault, repair, test and re-energize the submarine cable. The submarine cable was re-energized in about a month.
    • 5:25 -5:30 PM  Closing Remarks
  • Subcommittee D – Generating Station and Industrial Cables – Monday, October 21, 2024, 9:15 AM – 12:15 PM
    • 9:15 – 9:30 AM – Opening Remarks and Administrative Presentation
    • 9:30 – 10:15 AM – “Electrical cable damage and ignition characteristics under severe thermal exposure – results of the High Energy Arcing Fault program” – Gabriel Taylor, PE, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission   Abstract: What is the electrical cable target fragility (damage and ignition) from a high energy arcing fault (HEAF) exposure? To understand the hazard HEAFs pose to a nuclear facility, the fragility of the targets must be determined. The high heat flux/short duration exposure of a HEAF is considerably different than that of a traditional hydrocarbon fire. The previous failure metrics (e.g., heat flux) were based on low heat flux/long duration exposures. Because of this, evaluation of different physics and failure modes are considered to evaluate the fragility of cables exposed to a HEAF. Tests using actual and simulated HEAF exposures were performed. The developed data was analyzed, and recommendations were made via an informal elicitation process. These fragility estimates were then used in conjunction with computational fluid dynamic tools to provide estimates of the hazard damage capacity, commonly referred to as the zone of influence (ZOI) for the HEAF hazard. Bio: Gabriel Taylor is a senior fire protection engineer with 19 years of experience related to commercial nuclear facilities.  Since 2007, he has conducted research related to fire safety.  This includes leading multiple experimental programs to evaluate component response to thermally damaging fire conditions and developing safety guidance for the nuclear industry.  Mr. Taylor supports fire probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methods development.  PRA is a systematic and comprehensive methodology to evaluate risks associated with complex engineering technologies.  This tool is commonly used to provide insights into strengths and weaknesses of design and operations.
    • 10:15 – 10:30 AM – Break
    • 10:30 – 11:30 AM – “NFPA 130 Wire & Cable Requirements” – Alex Marciano, Applications Engineer, Marmon Industrial Energy & Infrastructure.Abstract: NFPA 130 is the ‘Standard for Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems’ used in North America and elsewhere for these environments. The presentation focuses on the technical aspects of wire and cable requirements from Chapter 12, assisting the audience in navigating the standard and providing a breakdown of major topics per category.  Bio: Alexandre Marciano has over a decade of experience as a reliability and applications engineer in the oil and gas and electrical cable industries. He has a background in field engineering, account management, and business development.  Since 2021, he has led fire safety initiatives on wire and cable for infrastructure and transit including new product development, and testing on a broad range of cables from power to communication. He holds a BSEE from University of Houston and was the Facilities Director Co-Chair of IEEE at University of Houston. 
    • 11:30 – 12:00 PM: Closing remarks and general discussion
  • Subcommittee G – Transnational Luncheon Registration Required, Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
    • 1. Environmental impact of power cables – Case study Offshore Wind Farms on Baltic Sea in Poland by George Anders, Anders Consulting, Canada. Abstract: This presentation addresses the effect of the environmental constraints on cable rating calculations. Standard calculation models are aimed at finding the minimum cable conductor cross-section such that for a given cable construction and the installation conditions, the required cable rating is achieved. The allowable conductor temperature usually limits the rating of the cable, which is a function of the employed insulation system. Only very recently the environmental constraints, especially those pertaining to the allowable strength of the magnetic field (MF) generated by the power cables carrying the alternating current, became of interest. Based on 11 power cables circuits from off-shore wind farm Baltica – 1 this presentation shows the magnetic field limitations, imposed in many jurisdictions around the world, and discusses how they affect the optimal laying conditions of a circuit composed of three single-core ac cables.
    • 2. Unconventional approach in cable project realization to meet the needs of the TSO’s by Jacco Smit, Tennet, The Netherlands. Abstract: Dutch TSO Tennet is looking for new ways to realize cable projects to support the energy transition. Important aspects are speed of installation with a minimum impact on the environment. The ambitious targets can’t be met when using conventional techniques, so innovative solutions are required.
    • 3. The Viking Link cable and its challenges for cable fault location. Abstract: The Viking Link cable is a 1.4 GW HVDC transnational interconnector between Denmark and the United Kingdom and currently the longest cable in the world. Its cable parameters cause significant challenges in fault location across its length of more than 760 km. Advanced techniques such as long-range time-domain reflectometry, burning, and acoustic monitoring are essential for prelocating and pinpointing faults. This presentation introduces the technical hurdles and the methods employed for commissioning and maintaining the Viking Link cable. 
    • 4. First offshore windfarm in Poland – export land cables installation by Leszek Resner, Tele-Fonika Kable S.A., Poland. Abstract: Poland has set a target of 5.9 GW of installed capacity by 2030 and 8 – 11 GW in aggregate by 2040. The first project is expected to be operational in 2026 at the earliest. Installation works for the export land cables has already started on Baltic Power project, which is the first one in the Polish Economic Exclusive Zone in the Baltic Sea. Project will consist of the 15MW turbines and capacity of nearly 1.2 GW and will be able to power more than 1.5 million households. The whole cable package is executed in consortium of Tele-Fonika Kable S.A. (TFK), NKT and DEME. TFK is a provider of the 220kV land export cables in EPCI model and 66kV submarine Inter-Array cables. Laying of export land cables has already started and is being carried out in sandy and forested areas that pose many challenges during implementation. The project consists of four parallel 220kV cable lines, running partly through ducts, partly through forested areas and sand dunes. Whole investment is a part of large Polish green transformation project.
    • 5. Termination retrofitting in Sydney, Australia by: Henk Geene, Prysmian, The Netherlands. Abstract: The need to replace old fluid-filled porcelain terminations is increasing, due to safety and environmental reasons. Abstract: The need to replace old fluid-filled porcelain terminations is increasing, due to safety and environmental reasons. The presentation will give an overview of the first project recently installed in Sydney.
    • 6. Optioning and consenting of a 50km 400kV underground cable connection in rural Ireland by Emanuele Salomone, Jacobs, UK. Abstract: The Irish transmission operator, EirGid, has an ambitious plan to future-proof its electricity grid and meet the Government of Ireland Climate Action Plan target of 80% renewables by 2030. To implement the plan, several projects are being initiated as part of a 10-year program. Jacobs was engaged to support one of these projects (the Kildare-Meath connection) in the optioning, consenting and front-end engineering activities for a 50km, 400kV underground cable connection between two existing substations to the west of Dublin (currently one of the longest AC 400kV cable connections under development in Europe). The presentation will focus primarily on the optioning and consenting stages of the project. Deciding what to build, where to build and how to build it were the first activities in this process. Communicating to stakeholders, getting their buy-in, and finally achieving Government consent was the next challenging stage. Technical challenges will be presented, followed by the stakeholder engagement process and the lessons learnt. The challenges encountered are very specific to the Irish environment (strong socio-economic and environmental concerns), but the presentation will provide interesting observations for engineers engaging on similar projects worldwide.
    • 7. Development of dynamic power cable system for TLP floater by Kazuhiro Yoneya et al. Furukawa Electric, Japan. Abstract: Optimized dynamic power cable system has been developed for TLP floater under Japanese Government’s subsidy project (Green Innovation Fund), which aims to accelerate and support the development of key technologies for use in offshore wind farms in time for commercial-scale floating wind farm development in Japan. It has been verified through dynamic and fatigue analyses that free-hanging cable configuration, which is not optimal in terms of stress abbreviation but has cost benefit, is applicable to TLP floater due to its stability against wave and current.
    • 8. Upcoming international meetings 2024 / 2025by Henk Geene
  • Networking Luncheon – Registration Required – Monday, October 21, 2024, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    • Presentation 1
  • Educational Program – US Utilities T&D Actual Project Reviews – Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 1:00 – 5:00 PM
    • 0.4 CEUs will be offered for this session. You must register to receive CEUs
    • The upcoming Fall 2023 Education Session will present actual project cases from several US utilities covering design, installation, failure repair, and analysis of various T&D cable systems. The session will be interesting for cable system suppliers, contractors, designers, and consultants, and will help to better understand customer needs. Experienced US utility engineers will share their knowledge and experience, solving various problems that occurred during actual cable installation projects and failure repairs. A Q&A session with our panelists will be included.
    • 1:00 – 1:15 PM – Chairman’s Opening Remarks and Announcements – Arie Makovoz, Con Edison
    • 1:15 – 1:55 PM – Medium Voltage Cable System Maintenance –Principles and Execution, Nadim Giotis, Oncor
    • 1:55 – 2:35 PM – Seismic challenges when planning, routing, and installation of electric underground transmission for a utility, Marvic Verzano, PG&E
    • 2:35 – 3:15 – A Case Study Supporting an Alternate Cable Resampling/Retesting Method, Michael Smalley, WEC Energy
    • 3:15 – 3:30 – Break
    • 3:30 – 4:00 – Challenges of Accelerated Filing of Asset Condition Based Replacement Projects, Cory Liu, Eversource
    • 4:00 – 4:30 – UG Transmission System Challenges and Future Trends, Arie Makovoz, Con Edison of NY
    • 4:30 – 5:00 – The spectrum of challenges faced by T&D Engineers in Utilities, Nigel Hampton, EPRI
  • Training Session
    • Tuesday 7:00 – 8:00 AM IEEE SA Mandatory Training for Standard Development Officers (Required of all ICC AdCom members and Working Group officers; all are welcome)
    • Wednesday 7:00 – 8:00 AM IEEE MyProject training (Required of Working Group officers who have not participated in any ICC AM training within one year of appointment; all are welcome)