1. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Neetherlands), March 12, 2014 A. Mercier (Convener) WG: A3.35 report Guidelines and Best Practices for the Commissioning of Controlled Switching Projects based on Knowledge and Worldwide Experience 1.Members 2.Kick-off meeting 3.Homework status (WEB tool, guides, logo, …) –Question about the PDF files in our WEB site … 4.Next meeting A3-14 (AG01) 018 IWD

2. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 1) Members Total number: 26 (17 regular, 9 corresponding)

3. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 1) … Member list for approval by SC A3 A3.35 Regular members André Mercier (Convener) Hydro Québec (IREQ)Canada Farid AIT ABDELMALEK Alstom GridFrance Hans-Georg Richter SiemensGermany Stephan SchoftABBGermany Michael StanekABBSwitzerland Haruhiko KoyamaMitsubishiJapan Bjorn LofgrenSiemensUSA Jön RogersSiemensUSA Trond Magne Ohnstad StatnettNorway Dr. Li Zhibing China EPRI (on behalf of SGCC)China Lucas VIOLLEAURTEFrance Nan Zhenle Xi’an XD Switchgear Electric co., LTDChina Xu Lei NR ELECTRIC CO., LTDChina HAN BinChina Electric Power Research Institute China Zaixing Peng Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid China Mr. Kwak, Joosik Korea Electric Power Corporation, Research Institute/ Power Transmission Laboratory Korea Wasin Albitar Brown-Boveri-Str. 30, 63457 Hanau- Grossauheim, Germany Germany A3.35 Corresponding members Hiroki Ito Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan Vincent Marec G&W Electric Co. USA Angélica Rocha Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, CEMIG Brazil Jorge Amon Filho Electrobras FURNASBrazil Yvon FilionHydro Québec (TransÉnergie)Canada Pierre TailleferVIZIMAXCanada Jose Lopez-RoldanPowerlink QueenslandAustralia Carlos DeligiQualitrolUSA Helio Pessoa de Oliveira Junior ONSBrazil

4. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 2) Kick-off meeting 1)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (January 22-24, 2014) 2)14 members attended, and 3 guests 3)Problems getting a VISA in a short period of time prevented China members to attend 4)Proposed agenda was accepted (slight modification): Review of SC A3 activities, WG TOR, member guidelines, working methodology, objectives, deliverables, … Member presentations Discussions on the first 3 main tasks: Questionnaire, literature survey, technical brochure Technical visit to Adrianópolis substation

5. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 2) … Kick-off meeting 5)Decisions: CIGRE WEB tool will be mainly used for documentation/communication exchange file naming convention: A3-14(WG35)IWD_###_tttt_Rrr-xxxxxx (where “14” is the year of document creation, “###” is the document serial number within the year (or incremental?), “tttt” is the document type, “rr” is the revision number, “xxxxxx” is a brief description) 2-3 meetings per year (as needed), for 1.5-2 days 4 task leaders were nominated: T. Ohnstad : questionnaires (1 for the manufacturers, 1 for utilities) P. Taillefer : literature survey (assisted by André) A. Mercier : technical brochure and the WEB site C. Deligi (with P. Taillefer) : new logo (because of some copyright concerns) Next meeting in Montréal (A. Mercier will make arrangements)

6. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 3) Homework status 1)Position of secretary is still open 2)WG A3.35 WEB site has been set properly 3)Only 2 members do not have access yet to our site 4)Guidelines have been prepared and sent to members (how to access the site, how to get documents, how to exchange) 5)Interactive database of our initial documentation is now acccessible (abstract, authors, keywords, year, but not yet including the PDF files) 6)A new Logo is being created and the best results will be proposed to members at the next meeting Question to SC A3: Are we allowed to put in our CIGRE WG WEB site the PDF files (from IEEE, CIGRE, etc.) for our internal use?

7. SC-A3 (High Voltage Equipment) SCA3 meeting, Delft (Netherlands), March 12, 2014 4) Next meeting 1)Next meeting in Montréal (A. Mercier will make arrangements) 2)A preliminary agenda has been sent 3)Homework progress will be followed closely before the meeting 4)Proposals for the third meeting should be received before the second meeting (where it will be discussed) (the use of the forum tool in our WEB site is recommended).