IEEE Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab Type in action items as they come up Click OK to dismiss this box This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. IEEE Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee WG13 Electrical Sizing of Nickel-Cadmium Batteries 12/2/2018

Status report Kickoff meeting at LTK on October 26,1999: * 07/16/96 Status report Kickoff meeting at LTK on October 26,1999: explored options identified need for new standard drafted purpose and Scope identified coordination requirements 12/2/2018 *

Status report Full committee reviewed the title, purpose and scope on March 14, 2000 and recommended few changes On June, 21 IEEE-SA Standards Board approved P1568 Recommended Practice for Electrical Sizing of Nickel-Cadmium Batteries for Rail Passenger Vehicles project until December 2004 12/2/2018

Status report Working Group meeting # 2 was held on June 6, 2000 at Bombardier Bensalem, PA office. Highlights of the meeting: the group agreed that we should start our effort with the existing standard that is widely supported and is already in use elsewhere. We started with the IEEE Std 1115 12/2/2018

Status report We need to make sure that railroad specific requirements are included in the standard We started working on recommendation for defining battery loads and determining battery size. 12/2/2018

Status report Our next step is a preparation of the draft standard. At the next meeting, scheduled for September, 2000 we will review first sections of the draft standard. 12/2/2018