Spring 2025 Insulated Conductors Committee Awards

ICC Certificates of Appreciation

ICC Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the following:

  • Paul Brigandi for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee A Meeting: Evolution of TR-XLPE Insulated Cables: 40 Years of Proven Performance and Reliability Subcommittee B Meeting, Thermal Performance of Commercially Available Connectors Installed on Water-blocked Cables
  • Tim Person for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee A Meeting: Evolution of TR-XLPE Insulated Cables: 40 Years of Proven Performance and Reliability
  • Joanna Giovanoli for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee A Meeting: Evolution of TR-XLPE Insulated Cables: 40 Years of Proven Performance and Reliability
  • Saurav Sengupta for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee A Meeting: Evolution of TR-XLPE Insulated Cables: 40 Years of Proven Performance and Reliability
  • Lei Chen for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee B Meeting: Dry Type Cable Termination with Standardized Inner Contour Dimension by CIGRE TB 784
  • Tom Fredericks for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee B Meeting: Compatibility of Compounds Used to Seal Conduits, Riser Poles, and Openings
    Gabe Taylor for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee D Meeting: Electrical Cable Damage and Ignition Characteristics Under Severe Thermal Exposure – Results of the High Energy Arcing Fault Program
    Alex Marciano for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee D Meeting: NFPA 130 Wire & Cable Requirements
  • Nigel Hampton for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Subcommittee F Meeting: Managing Legacy PILC Cable Systems with Modern Diagnostics
  • Ali Barooee for Best Presentation at the Fall 2024 Educational Program: Conduit Systems: The Backbone of Underground Cable Infrastructure

IEEE/PES Technical Committee Certificates of Appreciation

  • Brent Richardson for Services Rendered as Chair, Subcommittee A – Cable Construction and Design, Spring 2020 – Fall 2024
  • Peter Tirinzoni for Services Rendered as Chair, Subcommittee F – Field Testing and Diagnostics, Spring 2021 – Fall 2024
  • Paul Caronia for Services Rendered as Chair, Discussion Group A06, Accelerated Electrical Aging
  • Paul Caronia for Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group A07, IEEE 532-2021 Guide for Selecting and Testing Jackets for Power, Instrumentation, and Control Cables
  • Dave Purnhagen for Services Rendered as Chair, Working Group C1, Ampacity Topics

2024 Technical Committee Distinguished Service Award

Each Technical Committee is encouraged to select one individual to for this award for outstanding service to the committee. This personal recognition acknowledges the efforts of an individual whose sustained performance, over many years, has contributed to the advancement of the committee technology.

Harry Orton received the 2025 Technical Committee Distinguished Service Award with the following citation: For consistently championing collaboration and knowledge sharing through leadership in the communications, transnational, networking, and working group arenas.