The IEEE Power and Engineering Society (PES) Insulated Conductor Committee (ICC) met on October 26–29, 2025, in Amelia Island, Florida.
The IEEE Power and Engineering Society (PES) Insulated Conductor Committee (ICC) creates standards for low-, medium-, and high-voltage power distribution cables. NETA’s ANSI/NETA standards heavily reference the IEEE standards to provide guidance on voltage test levels, durations, and acceptable criteria.
It is important not only to stay up to date on the latest changes and know when the changes are coming, but also to guide the IEEE documents to incorporate more of a field perspective on how and when to perform the testing.
IEEE 400.0
- IEEE 400.0 (omnibus) was just published two years ago; there were no meetings this time.
- IEEE 400.1 (DC testing PILC) was discussed, outlining that it will continue. There were a couple of presentations on IEEE 400.2 (VLF), which was released last year.
- IEEE 400.2 (VLF) will begin the process of a rewrite next year. The version recently passed was reaffirmed to ensure it didn’t expire.
- 400.3 (offline PD) did not have a meeting.
- 400.4 (DAC) is in the process of active revision and needs to ballot by next year. The committee is actively reviewing this document amid a lot of test equipment manufacturer influence. There is a lot of discussion regarding DTS, DAS, and DSS, which monitor temperature, acoustics, and strain on power cables in real time. Real-time monitoring seemed to be a big topic.
Other Topics
Interest was gauged for a new standard on the diagnostic testing of terminations and joints. The group discussed whether another document is needed to provide an overview of other test methods.
Action Items
No follow-up actions are required. Consistent participation to allow for voting would help.
The IEEE PES ICC Committee’s next meeting is April 27–29, 2026.
Chasen Tedder is an Electrical Field Engineer at Hampton Tedder Technical Services. In addition to acting as a Principal on the IEEE PES ICC Committee, he is the 1st Vice President on NETA’s Board of Directors and serves on the Membership Application Review Committee, Conference Committee, and Standards Review Council.