Engineering and Design Information

Florida Electric Utilities Research

• Undergrounding Assessment Phase 1 Final Report – Literature Review & Analysis (February 2007)
• Undergrounding Assessment Phase 2 Report – Case Studies (August 2007)
• Undergrounding Assessment Phase 3 Report – Ex Ante Cost and Benefit Modeling (May 2008)

• IEEE/National Electric Safety Code
• RUS Pole Design guide information.
• ANSI O5

NAWPC Technical Bulletin

• The Hardening of Utility Lines - Implications for utility Pole Design and Use - Technical Bulletin VII (12/07)
• The Wood Pole 2005: Design Considerations, Service Benefits, and Economic Reward.
• Pole Service Life (12-08) - Technical Bulletin

Wood Pole Specification Update --  by Nelson Bingel

Wood Pole Specification Update - Nelson Bingel, new Chairman of the ANSI O5 Committee and chair of the Fiber Stress SubCommittee, discusses the important changes that were made to the standard in 2002 in this paper presented at the 2002 International Conference on Utility Line Structures.   The Power Point presentation of the material is also provided.

• ANSI - NESC Update - The latest on Wood Pole Strengths and Related Issues Presented at the AWPA Annual Meeting 2005 - Presentation - (Power Point)
• Wood Pole Specifications Update - (Paper)
• Presentation - (Power Point)

Cost of Underground vs. Overhead Systems

• Weather-Related Power Outages and Electric System Resiliency - by Richard J. Campbell, Specialist in Energy Policy, Congressional Research Service - August 28, 2012
• North Carolina Utilities Commission Study - News Release Summary of Study.
• North Carolina Utilities Commission Study - Full Report.
• OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND - A study on the costs and benefits of undergrounding overhead power lines, by Bradley W. Johnson, president of ACN Energy Ventures
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind REVISITED - An update to the Out of Sight, Out of Mind study on the costs and benefits of undergrounding overhead power lines. Update by Kenneth L. Hall, P.E. Hall Energy Consulting, Inc.
• Texas Public Commission Report - Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Deployment of Utility Infrastructures Upgrades and Storm Hardening Programs (3/4/09)
• Kentucky Public Service Commission Report on the September 2008 Wind Storm and the
  January 2009 Ice Storm - 11.09
• Laguna Residents Try To Uproot 'Undergrounding' Plans by City - Orange County Register (3/25/09)

First-ever report shows Americans strike underground utilities approximately once per minute, despite risk of serious injuries and costly consequences.  For news story go to:  http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/call811/31808/

Common Ground Alliance DIRT Analysis and Recommendation, Volume 3 for Calendar Year 2006, Released March 26, 2008.

For full report go to: http://www.damagereporting.org/annual/2006/CGA2006Report.pdf

US Consumer Product Safety Commission News Release - July 6, 2010: Recall to Repair: Whitco Company LP Stadium Light Poles Can Fall Over, Posing Risk of Serious Injury and Death

Steel Pole Corrosion Information

• On-Line Submission: Laboratory and Field Corrosion Investigation of Galvanized Utility Poles by M. Zamanzadeh  (MATCO Associates, Inc), C. D. Kempkes, D. Aichinger (Valmont Industries)and D. Riley (MATCO Associates).  This paper was also presented at the 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers’   Electrical Transmission Line and Substation Structures: Structural Reliability in a Changing World  Conference and ASCE members may find it on pages 235 – 249 on the Conference Proceedings.

Designing With Wood vs. Alternative Materials