Introduction

(This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 80-2000, IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding.)

This fourth edition represents the second major revision of this guide since its first issue in 1961. Major
modifications include the further extension of the equations for calculating touch and step voltages to
include L-shaped and T-shaped grids; the introduction of curves to help determine current division; modifi-
cations to the derating factor curves for surface material; changes in the criteria for selection of conductors
and connections; additional information on resistivity measurement interpretation; and the discussion of
multilayer soils. Other changes and additions were made in the areas of gas-insulated substations, the
equations for the calculation of grid resistance, and the annexes. The fourth edition continues to build on the
foundations laid by three earlier working groups: AIEE Working Group 56.1 and IEEE Working Groups 69.1
and 78.1.

The work of preparing this standard was done by Working Group D7 of the Distribution Substation Subcom-
mittee and was sponsored by the Substation Committee of the IEEE Power Engineering Society. At the time
this guide was completed, the Substation Grounding Safety Working Group, D7, had the following
membership:
Richard P. Keil, Chair
Jeffrey D. Merryman, Secretary
Hanna E. Abdallah David Lane Garrett Shashi G. Patel
Al Alexander Roland Heinrichs R. M. Portale
Stan J. Arnot D. T. Jones F. Shainauskas
N. Barbeito G. A. Klein Y. Shertok
Thomas M. Barnes Allan E. Kollar Gary Simms
Charles J. Blattner Donald N. Laird R. Singer
E. F. Counsel M. P. Ly Greg Steinman
Frank A. Denbrock W. M. Malone Brian Story
William K. Dick A. Mannarino J. G. Sverak
Gary W. DiTroia A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos W. Keith Switzer
Victor L. Dixon Gino Menechella B. Thapar
S. L. Duong Jovan M. Nahman Mark Vainberg
Jacques Fortin Benson P. Ng R. J. Wehling
J. T. Orrell

This fourth edition of IEEE Std 80 is dedicated to the memory of J. G. Sverak, who, through his technical
knowledge and expertise, developed the touch and step voltage equations and the grid resistance equations
used in the 1986 edition of this guide. His leadership, humor, and perseverance as Chair of Working Group
78.1 led to the expansion of substation grounding knowledge in IEEE Std 80-1986.

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 The following members of the balloting committee voted on this standard:
Hanna E. Abdallah David Lane Garrett Shashi G. Patel
William J. Ackerman Roland Heinrichs Gene Pecora
Al Alexander John J. Horwath Trevor Pfaff
Stan J. Arnot Donald E. Hutchinson Percy E. Pool
Thomas M. Barnes Richard P. Keil Dennis W. Reisinger
George J. Bartok Hermann Koch Paulo F. Ribeiro
Michael J. Bio Alan E. Kollar Alan C. Rotz
Charles J. Blattner Donald N. Laird Jakob Sabath
Michael J. Bogdan Thomas W. LaRose Lawrence Salberg
Steven D. Brown Alfred Leibold Hazairin Samaulah
John R. Clayton Rusko Matulic David Shafer
Richard Cottrell A. P. Sakis Meliopoulos Gary Simms
Richard Crowdis Gino Menechella Mark S. Simon
Frank A. Denbrock John E. Merando Jr. Bodo Sojka
William K. Dick Jeffrey D. Merryman Greg Steinman
W. Bruce Dietzman Jovan M. Nahman Robert P. Stewart
Gary W. DiTroia Benson P. Ng Brian Story
Victor L. Dixon Robert S. Nowell W. Keith Switzer
Dennis Edwardson John Oglevie Duane R. Torgerson
Gary R. Engmann James S. Oswald Thomas P. Traub
Markus E. Etter Michael W. Pate Mark Vainberg
Jacques Fortin John A. Yoder

When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 30 January 2000, it had the following
membership:

Richard J. Holleman, Chair

Donald N. Heirman, Vice Chair
Judith Gorman, Secretary
Satish K. Aggarwal James H. Gurney Louis-François Pau
Dennis Bodson Lowell G. Johnson Ronald C. Petersen
Mark D. Bowman Robert J. Kennelly Gerald H. Peterson
James T. Carlo E. G. “Al” Kiener John B. Posey
Gary R. Engmann Joseph L. Koepfinger* Gary S. Robinson
Harold E. Epstein L. Bruce McClung Akio Tojo
Jay Forster* Daleep C. Mohla Hans E. Weinrich
Ruben D. Garzon Robert F. Munzner Donald W. Zipse

*Member Emeritus

Also included is the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaison:

Robert E. Hebner

Greg Kohn
IEEE Standards Project Editor

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