IEEE PES Surge Protective Devices Committee MeetingPage 1 of 6Rev Date 07-28-2010

IEEE PES Surge Protective Devices Main Committee (3.0) Meeting Minutes

May 20, 2010, San Diego, CA - Bahia Resort, WD Evans Level 1 - 15:15 to 17:00

Member Name / Affiliation
Ken Brown (Chair) / Leviton
Doug Dorr (Past Chair) / EPRI Solutions
Tony Surtees (Vice Chair) / Iskra Protection USA
Ron Hotchkiss (Secretary) / Surge Suppression Incorporated
Jim Wilson / Independent
Ray Hill / GA Tech/NEETRAC
Steve Hensley / Sargent & Lundy, LLC
Andi Haa / Consultant
Mick Maytum / Independent
Wolfgang Oertel / Bourns, Inc.
Cliff Erven / Retired
Mike Comber / Hubbell Power Systems
Michael Champagne / Entergy
Richard Odenberg / Transtector/Smith
Al Martin / Tyco Electronics
Tom Rosek / DTE Energy
Interested Parties / Affiliation
Scott Choinski / NEMA
Guest Name / Affiliation
Soo Kim / IEEE-SA
Susan Tatiner / IEEE-SA

Minutes

  1. Call to order

Introductions were completed. The sign-in sheet was circulated.

  1. Approval of agenda

The agenda was displayed and unanimously approved.

  1. Approval of minutes of last meeting

The Fall 2009 minutes were displayed and discussed. The Chair summarized the minutes. The minutes were unanimously approved.

  1. Subcommittee reports
  2. Administrative & Standards (3.1) – Ken Brown

Ken Brown provided the A&S report.

  1. Secretaries Report – Ron Hotchkiss/Tony Surtees

The meetings had 75 or so attendees, 59 attendees at the main committee lunch, 240+ room nights purchased. Next meeting will likely be in Florida – Clearwater, Sarasota, or Orlando. The target week is to be the second week in November due to other meeting conflicts in October 2010.

  1. Bibliography 3.2 –Andi Haa

Andi Haa reported on the Bibliography Committee. A quorum was present and good progress was made on completing old business. Andi reported that the definitions flowchart has been made clear and streamlined (included below). Andi stated that terms/definitions must be reported to 3.2 as soon as possible to allow for timely completion of the work.

Andi reported that SC 3.2 is going to working on video tutorials on how to use the symbol libraries.

Mick Maytum has been selected to serve on the Coordinator with Study Group 5 for ITU SVC and the liaison to the IEEE.

  1. High Voltage Sub-Committee Report, SC 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 - Steve Hensley

Steve Hensley provided a verbal report. The report is included below.

Steve requested that the HV schedule for the next meeting be same as the current schedule with the exception of deleting Jon Woodworth’s TLA taskforce. Steve Hensley reported that the IEC HV Groups will not meet with the IEEE PES SPDC again until Fall 2011.

  1. Low Voltage Sub-Committee Report, SC 3.6 – Ray Hill

Ray Hill provided a verbal report. The report is included below.

SC 3.6 will work towards having 2011 PES General Meeting presentations regarding each of the three new working groups (Application Guide for SPDs for Smart Grid, Application Guide for SPD for Photovoltaic Systems, Application Guide for SPD for Wind Power).

The schedule worked well. The three new working groups are to be added to the schedule.

  1. Web and Electronic Documentation, SC 3.7 – Mick Maytum

Mick Maytum provided a verbal report. The links to the reported items are as follows:

FAQs and mini-Guides

Producing more readable superscripts and subscripts.

Superscript and Subscript formatting Template

Solving the Equation problem between Word 2007 and earlier versions

Formatting terms and definitions to the 2009 Style Manual recommendations

Mick reported that we are above 98% of our capacity on the Online Communities. He will be removing unused files (like the 10/350 forum files) and be seeking the help of working group chairs to pare down the files on the site.

Mick reported that he has converted the older FrameMaker standards archive files to the latest Microsoft Word template. There have been three IEEE-SA templates released this year - all of compatibility issues. Mick provided a guide to the IEEE-SA on how overcome these issues with the current template.

Mick reported that the conference phone was successfully used in combination with Skype to set up a conference call in Working Group 3.6.7. The call was four hours long and cost nothing.

  1. IEC Liaison D activities:
  2. IEC/SC37A Activities

Richard Odenberg reported on Working Group 3 and 5. The report is included below.

October 18-23, 2010 will be the Plenary Meeting in Stockholm.

Wolfgang Oertel and Mick Maytum reported on Working Group 4. The report is included below.

  1. IEC/TC37 – Mike Comber

Mike Comber provided a verbal report on IEC/TC37. The report is included below.

  1. IEC/SC37B – Mick Maytum

Mick Maytum provided a verbal report. The report is included below.

  1. IEC/TC81 – Tony Surtees

Tony Surtees provided a verbal report. The TC81 report is included below.

  1. Standards Coordinator Reports
  2. Jim Wilson –HV

Jim Wilson provided a verbal report. The HV Standards Coordinator report is included below.

  1. Ray Hill–LV

Ray Hill provided a verbal report. The LV Standards Coordinator report is included below.

  1. SPDC Future Meeting Locations and Schedule

Next meeting (Fall 2010) will likely be in Florida – Clearwater, Sarasota, or Orlando. The target week is to be the second week in November due to other meeting conflicts in October 2010.

The Spring 2011 meeting is targeted for San Diego, CA for the same week as Spring 2010. Negotiations are underway to secure the current rate and availability.

  1. Old Business

None reported.

  1. New Business

Tony Surteespny as reported that the group ort. . current rate and availability.ek as Spring 2010. to set up a conference call in Working G reported that he received much feedback that attendees would like us to be able to take credit cards for payment and be able to do online registration. After discussion, the committee will check into using the same services that the PES annual meeting and Technical Council uses – Conference Planning. The committee will explore the fees involved to see if it is appropriate for this size committee.

  1. Next Meeting

The next meeting will be announced when the meeting locations and date have been solidified.

  1. Adjourn