Transmission & Distribution Committee (T&D)
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This is where it all happens! Anyone interested in learning more about the T&D Committee and helping advance the Committee’s work is welcome to attend. Join industry leaders to discuss and develop standards and technical issues involving electric power transmission and distribution. Volunteer and participate as much as possible. The T&D Committee is comprised of. volunteers and participation is highly encouraged!Who We Are
The Transmission & Distribution Committee is one of many Standards Developing Technical Committees of the IEEE Power & Energy Society. The T&D Committee is comprised of technical and managerial representatives from electric power transmission and distribution system providers, manufacturers, vendors, academics, consultants, and electric power end users. The Committee’s products include IEEE Standards, recommended practices, and guides. We also organize panel sessions at PES conferences, publish working group papers in IEEE journals, and develop in-depth tutorials on emerging technologies and new standards. The Committee’s standards work provides a crucial service to society’s need for reliable, safe, and efficient power system infrastructure.
Committee Scope
- Overhead and underground AC and DC transmission and distribution systems
- Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS)
- Overhead conductors
- Structural coordination and mechanical problems of transmission lines
- Towers, poles, insulators, and hardware
- Shunt and series capacitors
- Engineering in the safety, maintenance, and operation of lines
- Harmonics and power quality
- Integration of renewable energy resources into T&D systems
- Reliability of the electric transmission and distribution networks
- Transmission and distribution power system switching and voltage optimization
Officers
Committee Chair
Eriks Surmanis, Chair
Power Delivery Consultants, Inc.
Vice Chair
Julio Romero Agüero
Quanta Technology
Secretary & Treasurer
Rob Schaerer
POWER Engineers
Past Chair & Vice Chair for Awards and Recognition
Surya Santoso
The University of Texas at Austin
Vice Chair for Standards & Standards Coordinator
Daniel Sabin
Schneider Electric
Technical Committee Program Chair
Brian K. Johnson
University of Idaho
Upcoming Events
- 2020 IEEE PES General Meeting, Online Meeting
- 2021 IEEE PES General Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA
- 2022 IEEE PES General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA
Subcommittees
Capacitor Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment of all shunt and series capacitor matters related to economics, technical design, theoretical and experimental performance, installation, application and service operation for use in power circuits of 60 Hertz and below for the purpose of affecting performance or operating characteristics of these circuits.
Vincent Deslauriers, Chair
Hitachi Energy
Web Page: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/td/cap/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Christian Orlando
Distribution Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment, consideration and coordination of the economic and technical factors that influence the analysis, design, construction, operation, planning, standardization of components and environmental compatibility of overhead and underground electric distribution systems.
Web Page: https://cmte.ieee.org/pes-dist/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Christian Orlando
Engineering in the Safety, Maintenance and Operation of Lines (ESMOL) Subcommittee
Scope: The treatment of all matters related to the engineering in maintenance of lines and associated devices. Research, development, testing, acceptance of various techniques, practices and procedures (involving the physical effects and other considerations) as they relate to safety and maintenance of lines and associated devices. Development of work methods to provide safe work areas while taking into consideration grounding, bonding, induction effects, equipment characteristics and testing techniques.
Web Page: http://ieee-sa.centraldesktop.com/esmolpublic/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Michael Kipness
HVDC & FACTS Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment of technology related to direct current and flexible alternating current transmission systems. Applications of power electronic switching equipment and ancillary components to AC and DC transmission systems. Coordination of these systems at the interface between transmission and generation and the over-all studies of their parameters and performance.
Web Page: https://cmte.ieee.org/pes-hvdc-facts/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Christian Orlando
Overhead Lines Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment of all matters of economical and technical design, theoretical and experimental performance, installation, and service operation of transmission and distribution conductors and overhead ground wires, their supporting structures, associated splicing and hardware components, and counterpoise and structure grounding. Design, application, and standards for all types of overhead line insulators including attachments to minimize arc damage and control of the electrostatic fields.
Cody Davis, Chair
Prysmian Group
Web Page: https://ieee-sa.centraldesktop.com/overheadlineswg/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Michael Kipness
Power Quality Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment of all matters of definitions, monitoring, benchmarking, assessment, indices, and solutions to power quality phenomena in transmission and distribution systems. Treatment of harmonic distortion in transmission and distribution systems including limits, modeling, probabilistic aspects, interharmonics, and waveform distortion. Treatment of voltage quality issues including assessment of voltage fluctuation monitoring and limits and definition of voltage sag indices. Treatment of power quality solutions including custom power equipment applications and evaluation of power system compatibility with end-use equipment.
Steven Johnston, Chair
Eaton Corporation
E-mail:
Web Page: https://cmte.ieee.org/pes-pq/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Christian Orlando
Transmission Subcommittee
Scope: Treatment, consideration and coordination of all matters related the transmission electric network reliability, generation and energy storage integration, switching and voltage optimization.
Manuel Avendaño-Mora, Chair
Southern California Edison
Telephone: +1-714-895-0206
Web Page: https://cmte.ieee.org/pes-transmission/
IEEE SA Program Manager: Christian Orlando
Resources
- Download the Transmission & Distribution Committee Flyer [PDF 290KB]
- Download the Transmission & Distribution Committee O&P Manual [PDF]
Most Recent Annual Report
2023 [PDF 187KB]