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PART OF THE APPA SPRING INSTITUTE
Underground
Distribution Systems (Part 1)
Mon. May 5 through Wed. May 7, 2025
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Eastern
REGISTER NOW USING CODE: CL2025
Save $200 by bundling both underground courses!
Learning Environment
This course is group-live offering and includes lecture style teaching, case studies, whole class and small group discussion and sharing, quizzes, practical application problems and exercises, as well as Q&A sessions. Earn 19.5 PDH credits, 29.0 if you take the series.
Location and Timing
Hyatt Regency Orlando Hotel
9801 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
Monday, May 5 – Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 8:30 Am to 4:30 PM.
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Although each course can be taken independently,
we highly recommend taking both for the most
complete and comprehensive training.
Advanced Underground Distribution Systems
(May 8-9, 2025).
$200 discount for attending both courses.
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Course Overview
In this comprehensive course, learn all about the effective planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of underground electric distribution systems. Review critical factors involved in the conversion of overhead systems to underground. Discuss operations, safety and regulatory requirements, and hear from an industry cable application engineer about underground cable reliability, failure modes, and testing methods.
Course Topics
- Introduction to underground distribution
- Underground policies and customer service terms/conditions
- Planning and design
- Cable design and application
- Cable failure and testing
- Cable accessories: design, installation and operation
- Cable installation
- Underground transformers
- Basic underground protection and reliability considerations
- Underground safety and operations
- Inspection and maintenance
Recommended for
Designed for electric utility engineers, designers, technicians, and field personnel who are responsible for, or who make decisions concerning, distribution systems, as well as those involved in the management, construction, and operations aspects of distribution systems.
This course is conducted at a practical level and is appropriate for degreed engineers and engineering technicians, as well as non-degreed high school graduates with a general knowledge of the electric utility system.
Course Level
Basic/Intermediate: No prerequisites; no advance preparation. It is highly recommended to attend this course in conjunction with the Advanced Underground Distribution Systems course.
All materials will be handed out on-site in the classroom. Participants will receive an email one week in advance of the course with logistical information.
Accreditation
The following continuing education credits will be provided, after successfully completing 90% of all six live sessions. Certificates will be available by June 6. These sessions will be recorded, though certificates can only be awarded to those who participate in the live events.
Recommended CEUs 2 / PDHs 19.5
For Series BUNDLE CEUs 3 / PDHs 29.0
What to Bring
- Required: a scientific calculator or smart phone calculator app.
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Required: a print copy (or have access to a digital copy) of the
2023 National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) during class.
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Encouraged: interesting underground distribution photos, as well as underground distribution design guides and standards to share.
Communication
- 24 hours after registering: You’ll receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of registering, which contains some preliminary information.
- 24 hours before: You’ll receive your Zoom log in links the day before the first session in a course (sent from the APPA Academy’s Zoom account <no-reply@zoom.us>)
You’ll also receive a final logistics email 24 hours in advance of the first class.
If you don’t receive this, email EducationInfo@PublicPower.org
Instructors
 Lead Instructor R. John Miner, P.E., is an accomplished executive manager and educator with over 45 years of experience in the electric utility industry. He is president of Collaborative Learning, Inc., of Austin and San Antonio, Texas and has been an APPA instructor for more than 30 years and an instructor for the University of Wisconsin for 20 years. Before forming his own company, he worked for the Austin, Texas, Electric Utility Department, Rochester Public Utilities in Minnesota, and as an assistant professor for the University of Houston. John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering (with honors), and a Master of Science degree in engineering science, both from the University of Toledo. John is a Senior Life Member of the IEEE and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Texas and Minnesota.
 M. Thomas Black, P.E., is an accomplished executive manager, consultant and course instructor with more than 30 years of experience in the electric and gas utility industries. In addition to working with Collaborative Learning, Tom’s experience includes employment with both municipal and investor owned utilities across multiple jurisdictions in Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. He teaches a variety of courses on technical topics and also has extensive executive level experience in managing electric and gas utility systems, including serving as chief energy officer and energy delivery general manager. Tom has also served on the boards of RMEL and the Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
 Erich Schoennagel, P.E., has cultivated over 45 years of experience in the electric industry. He is a former manager and engineer with CenterPoint Energy and managed the Transmission Project Engineering group. Erich served for 15 years as a member advisor and chairman of the Underground Transmission Task Force for the Electric Power Research Institute until his retirement from CenterPoint Energy. There he directed research related to underground transmission and superconductivity. He was a board member of the annual TSDOS symposium, and a former member of the American Concrete Institute 336 committee related to foundation design and construction.
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