IEEE Working Group on Voltages at Publicly and Privately Accessible Locations

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

The purpose of the working group is to write a trial-use guide for assessing voltages at publicly and privaly accessible locations. The proposed guide may include some or all of the following topics:

• Definitions
• Causes
• Testing protocols
• Measurement Equipment
• Mitigation options
• Applicable codes and standards
• Levels of concern

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. See the schedule for the subcommittee's next meetings.

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

• Working Group Policies and Procedures, June 2010
• Trial Use Guide Outline Draft #1, June 2007
• Stray Voltage Definition (Draft 1), July 2008
• Contact Voltage Definition (Draft 1), July 2008
• Stray and Contact Voltage - Working Definitions, January 2013
• Draft Stray Voltage Investigation Protocol for Dairy Cows: Draft of Clause 7.3.2.1 and forms, July 2008
• Case Study Template, May 2010
• Draft of Clause 6 - Contact Voltage, July 2011

Private Working Group Documents

Working Group Members Only. Private Documents

Minutes and Presentations from Meetings

• July 2013, Vancouver
• Registration is Now Open


• January 2013, Memphis
• Agenda
• Boat Dock Exposure Voltage Mitigation, Frank Lambert and Shashi Patel


• July 2012, San Diego
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Stray Voltages in Swimming Pool Areas, Jens Schoene and Matthew Norwalk
• Voluntary Data Standard for Information Collected During Contact Voltage Investigations, Stuart Hanebuth
• Paper (Draft): Voluntary Data Standard for Information Collected During Contact Voltage Investigations, Stuart Hanebuth


• January 2012, Anaheim
• Agenda
• Minutes


• July 2011, Detroit
• Agenda
• Minutes


• January 2011, Atlanta
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Street Lighting Asset Committee Activity - Ontario Canada
• Contact Voltage from Flooded Equipment


• July 2010, Minneapolis
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Contact Voltage - New York State Joint Utility Perspective


• June 2010, Web Meeting
• Minutes
• Stray and Contact Voltage at Swimming Pools, Marty Page and Roger McDaniel
• Results from the EPRI Swimming Pool Test Structure, Doug Dorr, Melinda Norris, and Marty Page


• January 2010, Lake Buena Vista
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Contact Voltage - New York State Joint Utility Perspective
• Update on Stray and Contact Voltage Literature Review
• Utility Stray Voltage Concerns on a Non-NESC System, Aaron Prazan


• July 2009, Calgary
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Determining Voltage Levels of Concern for Human and Animal Response to AC Current, Doug Dorr
• Investigation of Residential Customer Safety- Line, Neutral and Earth Integrity, Jadav & Saha


• January 2009, Atlanta
• Minutes
• Presentation: IEEE P1695 Section 6: Contact Voltage by Scott Kruse and David Kalokitis (182KB)


• July 2008, Pittsburgh
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Example Stray Voltage Investigation Form


• July 2008, Pittsburgh
• Agenda
• Minutes
• Example Stray Voltage Investigation Form


• 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
• Presentation: Stray & Contact Voltage Case Studies, Craig Frommelt (6.88MB)


• December 2007, Webcast
• Minutes
• Presentation: Literature Review and Synthesis of Research Findings on the Impact of Stray Voltage on Farm Operations, Douglas Reinemann (1.29MB)


• June 2007, Tampa
• Minutes
• Presentation: Detection and Mitigation of Stray Voltage in Underground Distribution Systems, Aaron Prazan and David Kalokitis (1.36Mb)


• May 2007, Webcast
• Minutes


• April 2007, Webcast
• Webcast Notes (275kb)
• Presentation: Swimming Pool Equipotential Bonding – Proposed Changes to NEC 680.26, Shashi Patel (1.53Mb)


• 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
• Presentation: The Grounding of Power Systems Above 600 Volts: A Practical Viewpoint, John Nelson (432kb)


• January 2006, Las Vegas
• Minutes
• Presentation: Stray Voltage: Legislative and Regulatory Activity, Chuck DeNardo (82KB)


• July 2005, San Francisco
• Minutes

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