The presentation gives a brief description of several new standards for solid-dielectric insulated power cables issued by the Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). The new standards are written as "application standards" rather than the "insulation material-based standards" of the past and have been updated to reflect the latest conductor constructions, insulations and jacket materials being used to manufacture wires and cables.

Since the late 1960s, the AEIC has published their specifications as supplements to the ICEA standards. These specifications were designed from a utility perspective. With the newly published ICEA/CSA standards, the new AEIC specification CS8 is a combination of CS5 (XLPE) and CS6 (EPR). This presentation provides the background to the development of the new AEIC cable specification following the new format adopted by the ICEA in their standards. It also explains some of the main differences between the AEIC specifications and the ICEA/CSA standards for medium-voltage cables.

Lauri Hiivala received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1965. Since graduation, he has been with Nexans Canada in Toronto. He has held various positions involving the design and development of power cables and accessories from 300 V to 500 kV. He is currently Director of Application Engineering, Energy Networks Division.

His professional activities include being Member, IEEE Power Engineering Society; Past Chairman, Insulated Conductors Committee; Chairman, ICEA Liaison Group 690 Utility Power Cable Standards Technical Advisory Committee (UPCSTAC) and Canadian Specialist, IEC TC 20 WG 16 Cables with Extruded Insulation and their Accessories. Other memberships include CIGRE and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.