The working group met Monday, April 6, 1998 at 9:10 am with 61 members and guests recorded on the attendance sheets. In the absence of the chair, the meeting was conducted by the Vice Chair.
Mr. Lauri J. Hiivala presented a summary of the process for development of ANSI/ICEA Publication S-94-649-1997, "Standard For Concentric Neutral Cables Rated 5 Through 46 kV". This document was available January 30, 1998.
The process for development was depicted in the flow charts entitled "Existing Process for Utility Cable Standards Development". A copy is included in these Minutes (page 2-2) and was previously in the Fall ’97 Minutes (page 2-4).
The "UPCSTAC" (Utility Power Cable Standards Technical Advisory Committee) group is now developing a Draft of ICEA S-97-682, "Utility Shielded Power Cables Rated 5 Through 46 kV". This is following the same procedure as had been established for S-94-649-1997.
A sample of responses to some questions posed during open discussion is summarized below.
At future meetings a review of technical highlights of documents in process will be conducted, as had been done in St. Petersburg (Fall ’97).
ICEA S-97-682 is expected to be ready for ANSI ballot by Fall ’98 ICC meeting.
1999 is target for issue of revised 1st drafts of AEIC CS5 and CS6 for XLPE and EPR cables, respectively.
No official input from IEC as the ICEA standards are primarily North American standards.
ICEA documents can be put into an IEC format.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 am.
