Standard Activities

PSRC Standards Coordinator's report
2001 - May - 22


 

The Standards Coordinator, Mohindar Sachdev, met with the Chairs of the WGs writing and revising standards documents on May 22, 2001 in Room 520, The Empire Landmark, Vancouver BC, Canada. The status of PARs, Standards and Guides was reviewed. The actions to be taken for keeping the approval of the PARs up-to-date and keeping the Standards and Guides live were identified. A summary of the specific approvals received since the January 2001 meeting of the PSRC and the actions that need to be taken soon are identified in this report.

The IEEE Standards Web page has Word templates, the style manual, and operations manual that can be downloaded for use in developing new standards and for revising standards. The address of the Web site is as follows.

standards.ieee.org

The new policy in standards development requires the implementation of the following policy.

After 1 January 2000, proposed new standards and revised standards submitted for approval shall use metric units exclusively in the normative portions of the standard. Inch-pound data may be included, if necessary, in footnotes or annexes that are informative only.

For more information visit thte following Web site.

standards.ieee.org/anouncements/metricpolicy

The activities of the Standards board are posted on the web site at

standards.ieee.org/board/nes and
standards.ieee.org/board/rev

A list of new, revised and withdrawn standards and standards projects listed by sponsoring IEEE Society are posted on the web site at

standards.ieee.org/sa-mem/bdapp

STANDARD ACTIVITY SINCE THE JANUARY 2001 MEETING OF THE PSRC
The status of the standards approval activities, which have taken place since January 2001 meeting of the PSRC, is as follows.

  1. Standards Reaffirmed:

    • C37.90.2 Standard for Withstand Capability of Relay Systems to Radiated Electromagnetic Interference from Transceivers: Reaffirmed by the Standards Board on 2001 March 17.

    • C37.102 Guide for AC Generator Protection: Reaffirmed by the Standards Board on 2001 March 17.
    • IEEE 1344 Guide Standards for Synchrophasors for Power Systems; Reaffirmed by the Standards Board on 2001 March 17.

  2. Standards submitted for approval

    • C37.90.3 Standard Electrostatic Discharge Tests for Protective Relays (New Standard); is on the agenda of the Standards Board June 2001 meeting.

  3. Standards reaffirmations in progress:

    • Standard Inverse-Time Characteristic Equations for Overcurrent Relays; request for reaffirmation submitted.

  4. Standards balloting in progress

    • PC37.90.1 Standard Surge Withstand Capability (SWC) Tests for Protective Relays and Relay Systems; one negative ballot was received when this standard was balloted. The standard should be submitted for re-circulation with the negative ballot resolved.

    • C37.95 Guide for Protective Relaying of Utility-Consumer Interconnections; negative ballots have been resolved. To be submitted to the Standards Board for approval.
    • C37.104 Guide for Automatic Reclosing of Line Circuit Breakers for AC Distribution and Transmission; balloted - negative ballots are being resolved.

  5. Standards submitted for balloting

    • C37.92 Standard for Low Energy Analog Signal Inputs to Protective Relays; submitted for balloting.

    • Standard for N times 64 kilobit per second Optical Fiber Interface between Tele-protection and Multiplexer Equipment; formation of balloting body requested.

    6. The PARs approved since January 2001, submitted since January 2001, and the PARs for which extension has been applied are as follows. The PARs, which will expire in the near future, are also listed. Applications for extending the lives of these PARs should be filed soon.

  6. PAR approved by NesCom:

    • None

  7. PAR expirations coming up:

    • PC37.90 Standard for Relays and Relay Systems Associated with Electrical Power Apparatus: expires on December 31, 2001
    • PC37.92 Standard for low Energy Analog Signal Inputs to Protective Relaying: expires on December 31, 2001

    • PC37.103 Guide for Differential and Polarizing Circuit Testing

    • PC37.106 Guide for Abnormal Frequency Protection for Generating Plants

    • PC37.114 Guide for Determining Fault Location on AC Transmission and Distribution Lines

    • C37.115 Standard Test Method for Use in the Evaluation of Message Communications Between Intelligent Electronic Devices in an Integrated Substation

  8. PAR extensions applied for:

    • PC37.106 Guide for Abnormal Frequency Protection for Generating Plants

    • PC37.114 Guide for Determining Fault Location on AC Transmission and Distribution Lines
    • PC37.115 Standard Test Method for Use in the Evaluation of Message Communications Between Intelligent Electronic Devices in an Integrated Substation

Standards Board Meeting Schedule

PAR/Standard Submittal Deadline

Standards Board Meeting

August 3, 2001

September 13, 2001

October 26, 2001

December 6, 2001

For further information download the report and spreadsheet from this site

or contact: Mohindar S. Sachdev - PSRC Standards Coordinator at

m.s.sachdev@ieee.org