1. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 1 Activity Report 2014 WG A3.32 Non Intrusive methods for Condition assessment of T&D switchgear Convener:Nenad Uzelac (USA) Secretary: Christian Heinrich (GE) Year of Kick-off: Dec 2013 Number of Members:27 Regular Members: 20 Corresponding Members:6 CIRED Members:1 Retiring Members: No retiring members New Members: All new members. See the list. A3-14(AG01)024-IWD

2. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 2 Meetings: First meeting in Berlin (December 2013) Second meeting scheduled in Chicago (April 2014) Third meeting scheduled in Paris (August 2014) Fourth meeting to be scheduled in Q4 in Europe

3. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Team: Good attendance at the first meeting – 16 members Expecting18 members for the 2nd meeting in Chicago. Expecting active participation from WG members. TEAM: Diversified team from CIGRE (equipment manufacturers, utilities, universities). Number of young members! –Looking for additional MV utility members from South America, Europe and Middle East Only one member from CIRED. No CIRED liaison has been nominated. Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2012Page No.: 3

4. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Phase 1: Team building and data gathering phase (2014) Collected and in process of reviewing 50+ white papers on Condition assessment. Collected individual contributions from the team. Creating database of existing diagnostic methods. To compile all methods Created definition and categories for Non-Intrusive Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 4 Work progress :

5. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Created CIGRE WG website http://a3.cigre.org/WG-Area/WG-A3.32-Non-intrusive-methods-for-condition-assessment Created subfolders and tables for document control. Uploaded 50+ white papers and contributions Created bibliography and indexed all the documents. Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2012Page No.: 5 Work progress :

6. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Work progress : Created 5 page Utility survey (T&D Switchgear Condition Assessment survey). Objective is to collect data from utilities around the world to better understand current condition assessment practices and future trends for condition assessment in Power Industry. What would be the best way to conduct the survey? Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 6

7. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT 2014 –Contributions / research –Technical Brochure outline –Chapter leads 2015 –Continue contributions / testing / research –Rough draft of technical Brochure End of 2016 –Complete technical brochure, Electra Paper, Tutorial Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 7 Schedule :

8. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Executive Summary Introduction Type of condition assessment methods for T&D switchgear Benefits of condition monitoring methods Applications Diagnostic / Design Switchgear –Reliability –Proposed methods Future Trends Conclusions / Recommendations Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 8 Initial TB outline :

9. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 9 Discussion points: Best practice for conducting the utility survey Liaison with CIRED. Reporting to CIRED. Recruiting MV utility members (through CIRED?) Reaching out to CIGRE B Technical Committee WG Posters in Paris?

10. Study Committee A3 HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENT Membership with approval of the last SC meeting Working Group Activity ReportWG A3.32 AR 2014Page No.: 10