IEEE-SA Launches Work on Groundbreaking Electric Sourced Transportation Infrastructure Standards

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) announced today that the first meeting of the IEEE P1809 Working Group will be on 18 February 2010, and is inviting those involved in electric sourced transportation and vehicles to participate. This includes: Electric power system owners, planners, designers, and operators; equipment and vehicle manufacturers; distributed energy resource personnel; plugin electric vehicle transportation support personnel; energy efficiency and demand response personnel; regulatory and government bodies.

With the expected growth in electric sources vehicles over the next few decades, an expected impact will be stress on electric generation capacity. P1809 will provide guidelines that can be used by utilities, manufacturers, transportation providers, infrastructure developers and end users of electric-sourced vehicles and related support infrastructure in addressing applications for road-based personal and mass transportation. The guide, when complete, will provide a knowledge base addressing terminology, methods, equipment and planning requirements for such transportation and its impacts on commercial and industrial systems including, for example, generation, transmission, and distribution systems of electrical power, and can serve as a roadmap for users to plan for short, medium, and long-term systems.


What:		IEEE P1809 Working Group Meeting

Web-based meeting at which presentations from organizations involved with the various aspects of electric sourced transportation will be given. The initial meeting of the P1809 working group will inform attendees what has been developed in this space, what is being developed and what they can expect in the future. The meeting will cover the outline of the new standard and solicit members from the utility and transportation industry to participate in the development of the standard.

When:		February 18, 2010
		11:00 AM Eastern US (8:00 AM Pacific US) to 5:30 PM Eastern US (2:30 PM Pacific US)

Where:		Webinar (link will be provided upon registration)

Who:		To register go to: http://manatee.ieee.org/home/p1809
		For additional information contact:
		Mike Kipness at m.kipness@ieee.org

Meeting Agenda:

Welcome:

Overview of IEEE P1809: Tom Field, P1809 Chair

Presentations:

IEEE SCC40: Dr. SJ Khalsa, Chair

IEEE USA: Dr. Russell Lefevre, IEEE USA President in 2008

IEEE PES: Larry Clark, Vice Chair SDWG

IEEE VTS: Paul Forquer, Secretary Transit Power Subcommittee

IEEE ITSS: Dr. Charles Herget, Past President

EPRI: Arindam Maitra, Senior Manager, PHEV Infrastructure

NREL: Tony Markel, Senior Engineer

NIST: Eric Simmon, PAP11 Lead

SAE: Gery Kissel, Chair SAE J1772

SAE: Rich Scholer, Chair SAE J2847/J2836

APTA: Martin Schroeder, Chief Engineer

EEI: Steven Rosenstock, Manager, Energy Solutions

NRECA: Andrew Cotter, Senior CRN Program Management Advisor

IEEE SA: Mike Kipness, Program Manager, Technical Program Development

P1809 Working Group:

Working Group Organization : Mary Reidy, P1809 Vice Chair

Standard Outline: Tom Field, P1809 Chair

Call for Working Group Members: Mike Kipness

Next Meeting and Schedule: Mary Reidy, P1809 Vice Chair

Concluding Remarks:

IEEE ICEO: Dr. Paul Eglitis

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