IEEE Stray and Contact Voltage Working Group

This working group was formed at the joint request of the PES Distribution Subcommittee members and the EEI T&D Committee.

This working group maintains and updates the IEEE 1695 Guide to Understanding, Diagnosing, and Mitigating Stray and Contact Voltage. The focus of the guide and working group discussions is on power frequency voltages that exist at publicly and privately accessible locations as a result of the delivery and use of electrical energy, including definitions, sources, testing techniques and mitigation strategies.

Officers

Working Group Liaisons

• IEEE Towers, Poles, and Conductors Subcommittee: Robert Rusch, Stanley Consultants, Inc.
• ASABE: Dr. Robert Gustafson, Ohio State University

Next Meeting

The working group regularly meets with the IEEE Distribution Subcommittee.

The next meeting will be held at the July 2024 IEEE PES GM in Seattle, WA

Disclaimer

These draft documents and the presentations contained on this web site are part of a work in progress. They are being provided to the public for information purposes only. Because they are part of a work in progress, there are parts that are missing and parts that will be either revised or deleted prior to acceptance. Permission to cite any part of this work must first be obtained from the working group chair.

Public Working Group Documents

• P1695 Timeline for Publication, January 2020
• Working Group Policies and Procedures
• Stray and Contact Voltage - Working Definitions, October 2015
• Case Study Template, May 2010
• Modified Project Authorization Request (PAR), 2018

Private Working Group Documents

Working Group members only. The Working Group is now using the collaborative work space iMeet Central to organize and revise the Guide. To join iMeet Central please send an email request to the working group officers.

Click on the link if already registered: iMeet Central Login

Agenda and Minutes from Meetings

• July 2024, New Orleans
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2023, Orlando
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2023, Jacksonville
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2022, Denver
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2022, WebEX
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2021, WebEX
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2021, WebEX
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2020, WebEX
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2020, Jacksonville
• Agenda
• Minutes


• August 2019, Atlanta
• Agenda
• Minutes

Panel Session: Stray and Contact Voltage Case Studies

• January 2019, Orange County
• Agenda
• Minutes


• August 2018, Portland
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2018, Jacksonville
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2017, Chicago
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2017, New Orleans
• Agenda
• Minutes


• November 2016, Web Meeting
• Minutes


• July 2016, Boston
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2016, Memphis
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2015, Denver
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2015, Anaheim
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2014, Washington D.C
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2014, New Orleans
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2013, Vancouver
• Agenda
• Minutes

Panel Session: Contact Voltage in the Public Right of Way

• The Results of Asset-Based Manual Testing of Utility-Owned Objects in New York State, Stuart Hanebuth
• Understanding Manhole Events, Stuart Hanebuth
• Using Harmonic Analysis to Classify Encountered Errant Voltages, Sal Martino
• Accurate Voltage Measurement of Energized Street Level Objects, David Kalokitis


• January 2013, Memphis
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2012, San Diego
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2012, Anaheim
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2011, Detroit
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2011, Atlanta
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2010, Minneapolis
• Agenda
• Minutes


• June 2010, Web Meeting
• Minutes


• January 2010, Lake Buena Vista
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2009, Calgary
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2009, Atlanta
• Minutes


• July 2008, Pittsburgh
• Agenda
• Minutes


• April 2008, Chicago

Special Interest Session: SI4 Stray and Contact Voltage: IEEE Working Group Update and Information

• IEEE Working Group Update
• Determining Voltage Levels of Concern for Human and Animal Response to AC Current
• Elevated Neutral to Earth Voltages Due to Harmonics --- A T&D Update
• Review of Real World Cow Contact Circuit Impedances
• Swimming Pool Equipotential Bonding
• Incidental Tree Contact and Publicly Accessible Voltages


• January 2008, San Antonio
• Minutes


• December 2007, Webcast
• Minutes


• June 2007, Tampa
• Minutes


• May 2007, Webcast
• Minutes


• April 2007, Webcast
• Webcast Notes (275kb)


• January 2007, Orlando
• Minutes


• November 2006, Webcast
• Webcast Notes (2.81MB)


• June 2006, Montréal
• Minutes


• May 2006, Dallas Panel Session
• Presentation: Stray Voltage Survey, CEATI (1.42MB)
• Presentation: Suggested Terminology, Jim Bouford (28kB)
• Presentation: Stray Voltage Issues, Keary Dosier and Jim Burke (356kB)
• Presentation: Case Study, Charlie Williams (183kB)
• Presentation: Overview of EPRI Experience, Doug Dorr and Charles Perry (519kB)
• Presentation: Elevated NEV due to Third Harmonic, Randy Collins and Jian Jiang (390kB)
• Presentation: Induced Stray Voltages from Transmission Lines, Shashi Patel and Frank Lambert (376kB)


• April 2006, Webcast


• January 2006, Las Vegas
• Minutes


• July 2005, San Francisco
• Minutes

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