Switchgear Committee                        

Scope: Treatment of matters in which the dominant factors are the design, construction and operation of devices or assembled gear to establish (make), interrupt, or change connections in any electric circuit under normal or abnormal condition, including treatment of the following: *Automatic reclosers and sectionalizers, *Current limiting devices, *Fuses and cutouts, *Gas-insulated switchgear, *Insulation, insulators and hardware for switchgear, *Metal-enclosed buses and all buses included in switchgear assemblies,  *Power circuit breakers, *Switches, including pad-mounted switches, *Switchgear assemblies, *Switchgear devices.

Matters relating to switchgear or switchgear devices for applications covered by another technical committee if emphasis is on particular requirements of the application.

Switchgear Officers

Chairman Ken Edwards Bonneville Power Admin. TESM/AMPN-2, POB 481 Vancouver, WA 98666

Vice Chairman Ted Olsen Siemens Energy Inc. 7000 Siemens Rd. Wendell, NC 27591

Secretary Paul B. Sullivan DuPont 34 Equestrian Drive Cassatt, SC 29032

Standards Coordinator Michael Wactor Powell Industries, Inc. 8550 Mosley Drive Houston, TX 77075

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Subcommittee Pages

Administrative Subcommittee (ADSCOM) Education, Recognition, and Publication Subcommittee (ERP) High Voltage Fuses Subcommittee (HVF) High Voltage Switches Subcommittee (HVS)

Low Voltage Switchgear Devices Subcommittee (LVSD) High Voltage Circuit Breaker Subcommittee (HVCB) Reclosers and Other Distribution Equipment Subcommittee (RODE) Switchgear Assemblies Subcommittee (SA)

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