Representing Our Members Before These Industry Groups

EASA staff and volunteer committee members represent your interests on a variety of standards-making committees that affect our industry. Below is a list of organizations with EASA representation.

Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Gene Vogel, EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist

  • ASA ASC-S2 Work Group 15 - Shaft Alignment Methodology (acting chair)

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • CSA 392 Subcommittee on Motor Refurbishment, Testing of three-phase cage induction motors during refurbishment

European Committee of Manufacturers of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics (CEMEP)

Frederic Beghain, EASA Region 9 General Manager

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

John Allen, Sheppard Engineering Limited

  • Working Group for Introduction of IEC 60079-19 into IEC Ex Scheme
  • TC31 Management Committee for IEC 60079-19

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • Maintenance Team 60079-1 for IEC 60079-1, Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres
  • TC31 US TAG for IEC 60079, 61779, 62013 and 62086

Mike Howell, PE, EASA Technical Support Specialist

  • USNC TAG for IEC SC22G, Adjustable Speed Electric Drive Systems Incorporating Semiconductor Power Converters

Chuck Yung, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • TC2 working group
  • IEC 60034-8 Rotating Electrical Machines; Terminal Markings
  • IEC 60034-11 Rotating electrical machines – thermal protection
  • IEC 60034-17 Motors fed from converters
  • IEC 60035-2-34 Standards Technical Panel for Hermetic Refrigerant Motor-Compressors
  • IEC 60034-27 Rotating electrical machines – Part 27: Partial discharge off-line measurements on the stator winding insulation of rotating machinery

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

IEEE Working Groups

Chuck Yung, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • IEEE 115 Test Procedures for Synchronous Machines
  • IEEE 303 Recommended Practice for Auxiliary Devices for Rotating Electrical Machines in Class I, Division 2 and Zone 2 Locations and Class II, Division 2 and Zone 22 Locations
  • IEEE 841-1 (North America) & 841-2 (International) Standard for the Petroleum and Chemical Industry - Severe Duty Totally Enclosed Fan-Cooled (TEFC) Electric Motors
  • IEEE 1017-2013 Recommended Practice for Field Testing Electrical Submersible Cable
  • IEEE 1018 Recommended Practice for Specifying Electric Submersible Pump Cable - Ethylene Propylene Rubber Insulation
  • IEEE 1019 Recommended Practice for Specifying Electric Submersible Pump Cable - Polypropylene Insulation
  • IEEE 1068 Standard for the Repair and Rewinding of Electric Motors for the Petrochemical and Other Process Industries (chair)
  • IEEE 1349 Motors in Hazardous Locations
  • IEEE 1458 Recommended Practice for the Selection, Field Testing and Life Expectancy of Molded Case Circuit Breakers for Industrial Applications
  • IEEE 1566 Standard for Performance of Adjustable Speed AC Drives Rated 375 kW and Larger
  • IEEE 1584 Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations
  • IEEE 1683 Guide for Motor Control Centers Rated Up to and Including 600v AC or 1000v DC with Recommendations Intended to Help Reduce Electrical Hazards
  • IEEE 1716 Recommended Practice for Managing Natural Disaster Impact of Key Electrical Systems and Installations in Petroleum and Chemical Facilities
  • IEEE 1814 Recommended Practice for Electrical System Design Techniques to Improve Electrical Safety
  • IEEE 2455 Repair Guide for DC Machines (chair)

Mike Howell, PE, EASA Technical Support Specialist

  • IEEE P114 Standard Test Procedure for Single-Phase Induction Motors
  • IEEE 1415 Guide for Induction Machinery Maintenance Testing
  • IEEE Standard 11-2006, Rotating Electric Machinery for Rail and Road Vehicles

IEEE Standards Association—Standards Review and Ballot

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • IEEE C37.102 Guide for AC Generator Protection 
  • IEEE C57.12.00 Standard for the General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers
  • IEEE C57.12.90 Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers
  • IEEE C57.94 Recommended Practice for Installation, Application, Operation, and Maintenance of Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers
  • IEEE 56 Guide for Insulation Maintenance of Electric Machines (Combines IEEE 56 and IEEE 432)
  • IEEE 95 Recommended Practice for Insulation Testing of AC Electric Machinery with High Direct Voltage
  • IEEE 112 Test Procedure for Polyphase Induction Motors and Generators
  • IEEE 117 Standard Test Procedure for Thermal Evaluation of Systems of Insulating Materials for Random-Wound AC Electric Machinery
  • IEEE 286 Recommended Practice for Measurement of Power Factor Tip-Up of Electric Machinery Stator Coil Insulation
  • IEEE 1665 Guide for the Rewind of Synchronous Generators, 50 Hz and 60 Hz, Rated 1 MVA and Above
  • IEEE 1812 Guide for Testing Permanent Magnet Machines 
  • IEEE 3002.7 Recommended Practice for Conducting Motor-Starting Studies in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
  • IEEE 3002.8 Recommended Practice for Conducting Harmonic-Analysis Studies of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems

Green Motors Practices Group

Linda Raynes, EASA President and CEO
Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

Chuck Yung, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • ANSI C50 Rotating Machinery Committee (Alternate: Tom Bishop, P.E., EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist)

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • NEMA Codes and Standards (C&S) Task Force on Refurbishing Products

Mike Howell, PE, EASA Technical Support Specialist

  • NEMA MW 1000

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • NFPA 70B Electrical Equipment Maintenance

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Tom Bishop, PE, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • 506 Low Voltage Transformers
  • 1004 Standard for Electric Motors (7 sub-categories)
  • 1446 Systems of Insulating Materials
  • 1562 Transformers, Distribution, Dry-Type over 600 volts
  • 2111 Standard for Overheating Protection for Motors 

Chuck Yung, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

  • 448 Standard for Pumps for Fire Protection Service
  • 674 Electric Motors and Generators for Hazardous Locations
  • 778 Standard for Motor-Operated Water Pumps
  • 840 Standard for Insulation Coordination Including Clearances and Creepage Distances for Electrical Equipment
  • 1434 Standard for Thermistor-Type Devices
  • 1450 Standard for Motor-Operated Air Compressors, Vacuum Pumps and Painting Equipment

Vibration Institute

Gene Vogel, EASA Pump & Vibration Specialist

  • ANSI-ASA_S2-WG15 Committee for Shaft Alignment Standards (co-chair)