Presented by Ben Lanz, IMCORP- Power Cable Reliability

Did you know that modern cable systems can perform flawlessly for over 100 years? Insight into empirical evidence and lessons learned after profiling over 200 million feet of installed 5kV to 500kV class cable systems and performing thousands of dissections and root cause analyses will debunk some common theories associated with solid dielectric cable failure and provide a plethora of best practices for cable system life-cycle excellence and direction on product design, product selection, system design, installation practices, commissioning, system operation, assessment of aging infrastructure, and repair and replacement strategies. Case studies will demonstrate that the implementation of these practices across multiple large-scale utility and industrial programs has driven dramatic reliability improvements at substantially lower costs than legacy approaches.