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    This document is a technical appeal against the inclusion of an obsolete lightning protection method known as the Eriksson EGM method, CVM, or FIM method in the IEEE Standards Project P998. The appeal expresses concern that including this method could lead to accidents as it has been shown to be incorrect and rejected in other national and international standards due to safety issues. It requests a response from the IEEE regarding comments and necessary remedies to avoid degrading IEEE's reputation by including an obsolete and dangerous method in one of its standards. The appeal is signed and a copy sent to the President of IEEE and Chair of the IEEE Standards Board.

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    This document is a technical appeal against the inclusion of an obsolete lightning protection method known as the Eriksson EGM method, CVM, or FIM method in the IEEE Standards Project P998. The appeal expresses concern that including this method could lead to accidents as it has been shown to be incorrect and rejected in other national and international standards due to safety issues. It requests a response from the IEEE regarding comments and necessary remedies to avoid degrading IEEE's reputation by including an obsolete and dangerous method in one of its standards. The appeal is signed and a copy sent to the President of IEEE and Chair of the IEEE Standards Board.

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    This document is a technical appeal against the inclusion of an obsolete lightning protection method known as the Eriksson EGM method, CVM, or FIM method in the IEEE Standards Project P998. The appeal expresses concern that including this method could lead to accidents as it has been shown to be incorrect and rejected in other national and international standards due to safety issues. It requests a response from the IEEE regarding comments and necessary remedies to avoid degrading IEEE's reputation by including an obsolete and dangerous method in one of its standards. The appeal is signed and a copy sent to the President of IEEE and Chair of the IEEE Standards Board.

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    Technical Appeal against IEEE Standards Project P998

    Attention:
    Mr. John Randolph
    Chair, IEEE Substations Committee
    Pacific Gas & Electric
    1919 Webster St. (Room 309)
    Oakland, CA 94612
    Email: [email protected]
    2011.01.25

    Dear Sir,
    Referring to our former letter of 16 October 2010 to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of WG D5,
    IEEE-SA, a copy of which is attached here for reference purposes, it is regrettable to inform you
    that we have received neither an acknowledgement of the receipt of the letter nor any response.

    However, we have learned that the information given by ICLP has been disregarded by IEEE WG
    5D even though the information provided in the letter is related directly to the draft standard which
    attempts to include an obsolete and incorrect lightning protection procedure known either as
    Eriksson’s EGM method, CVM or FIM method.

    Unfortunately, any lightning protection system designed according to the above mentioned method,
    in addition to be incorrect, could also lead to accidents with human lives at stake. For this reason
    this method has been rejected in recognized national and international standards.

    Thus, the inclusion of an obsolete and dangerous method in a standard under the name of IEEE
    will be in direct conflict with the technical level that IEEE has earned over the years and will result
    in unavoidable degradation of IEEE’s reputation.

    We shall, therefor, once more express our concerns and kindly ask the responsible within IEEE
    and IEEE-SA for their comments and remedies necessary.

    We will be looking forward to your response.


    Sincerely yours

    Copy to:
    Professor Dr. Moshes Kam, President of IEEE, [email protected], and
    Mr. Rich Hulett, Chair, Standards Board, IEEE-SA, [email protected]

    Attached:
    ICLP’s letter to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of WG D5, IEEE-SA, dated 2010-10-16
    Rome, 16.10.2010

    IEEE Standard Association


    445 Hoes Lane
    Piscataway, NJ 08854
    Att.: Chairman of WG D5, Mr. Bob Nowell, ([email protected]) and
    Vice-Chairman of WG D5, Dr. Sakis Meliopoulos, ([email protected])

    Dear Sir,

    A number of persons have drawn our attention to the ongoing discussion concerning non-
    conventional lightning protection systems in IEEEs working group D5, specifically the Early
    Streamer Emission (ESE) and Collective Volume Method (CVM), and their inclusion in the re-
    vised version of the IEEE 998 standard: “Guide for Direct Lightning Stroke Shielding of
    Substations”.

    For your information, the International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) together with
    its offspring Simpósio Internacional de Protecao contra Decharges Atmosfericas (SIPDA) are the
    only scientific/technical organs solely devoted to the subjects of Lightning and Lightning Pro-
    tection, trying to promote scientific research concerning lightning phenomena as well as the im-
    plementation of methods in practice for improving the protection of people, animals and proper-
    ties against the effects of lightning.

    ICLP is represented by a group of more than 20 professors, from different countries all over the
    world, specializing in lightning phenomena, and forming the Scientific Committee of ICLP*. More-
    over, the members of the Scientific Committee are independent of any political or commercial
    interest.

    Regular international conferences on lightning phenomena and lightning protection of living be-
    ings, structures and services are organized by ICLP in order to provide an interdisciplinary forum
    for the exchange of scientific knowledge and information among scientists and engineers that are
    engaged in research and practical application of lightning protection and to ensure the effective
    transfer of new knowledge from lightning research into practice for the benefit of our societies.

    In this capacity, ICLP has previously been consulted and has given advice, recommendations,
    and support in questions related to lightning standards in different parts of the world.

    As Lightning Protection Standards are key measures to provide safety against lightning hazards,
    the International Electrotecnical Commission, IEC, and other recognized standard organizations
    have abstained from including non-conventional methods in their standards until these methods
    have been verified.

    This has been a useful procedure since a number of non-conventional methods, including the
    abovementioned ESE and CVM methods, subsequently, beyond any degree of doubt, have
    shown not to function according to the hypothesis and therefore dangerous to use due to their
    incapability to provide the improved efficiencies promised.

    * More information can be found on ICLPs homepage: www.iclp-centre.org.


    During the last edition of ICLP which was held last month in Cagliari, Italy, the question of both
    ESE and CVM methods were once again discussed, and new evidences were presented, in addi-
    tion to the already known, of the shortcomings of the two mentioned methods.

    Therefore, it is strongly recommended to abstain from the inclusion of such methods in any stan-
    dards, and in any form, as it has been done by IEC and by other recognized standard organiza-
    tions. This precaution is important due to the general and worldwide increasing concern about
    “Health and Safety” and the legal responsibility carried by the standards for providing the neces-
    sary and promised protection and safety.

    For your information, ICLP will continue to keep all forms of lightning protection procedures, both
    classical and new, including methods for improving the efficiencies of lightning protection sys-
    tems, on its agenda. Furthermore, we will be looking forward to, and welcome, the emergence
    and presentation of new ideas for lightning protection, the research work required to prove them,
    and to the subsequent discussions.

    Finally, ICLP will also in the future be pleased to provide IEEE with the results of the latest re-
    search worldwide, the results of discussions at the conferences, and the ongoing discussion be-
    tween scientists, and thus be ready to support IEEE in its work concerning Protection against
    Lightning Hazards.

    On behalf of the Scientific Committee of ICLP

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