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TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, October 4, 2007 - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has awarded George J. Anders the prestigious IEC 1906 Award for his special work in IEC / TC20 (High-voltage Electric Cables).

The IEC 1906 Award was created at the IEC 2006 Centenary to commemorate the founding of the IEC in 1906. This award is designed to recognize the invaluable work of technical experts working in the IEC technical committees and subcommittees, and to draw the attention of industry management to the award recipients’ contribution to standardization in the fields covered by the IEC.

According to the IEC, the 1906 Award is based on “having made an exceptional, recent contribution to the development of a specific work project.” In Anders’ case, that work is the development of international standards for the calculation of power cable ratings. Anders has been a member of IEC / TC20 for 23 years and a co-convenor of IEC Working Group 19 (Current Rating and Short-Circuit Limits of Cables) for 15 years.

In winning the IEC 1906 Award, Anders joins a select group of Canadian and international experts who have been recognized by the IEC in the past two years. In its announcement, the IEC said that it “congratulates Mr. Anders on this award and wishes to express support and appreciation for his ongoing contributions to our electricity industry.”

George Anders is a Principal Engineer in the Transmission and Distribution Group at Kinectrics Inc. His expertise is the development of methods for reliability evaluation, maintenance optimization, estimation of the remaining life of electrical equipment, thermal analysis of power cables, and application of advanced analytical techniques in power system analysis. He has worked at Kinectrics and its predecessor companies, including Ontario Hydro for 32 years.

Among his many professional accomplishments, Anders has developed a series of highly successful computer programs for the calculation of power cable ampacity that are now the de facto industry standards used in more than 200 institutions in 50 countries. He is also the principal developer of computational techniques for real-time cable rating and real-time transformer rating. He has written five books and more than 80 papers. Anders is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of IEEE.  He is a member of IEEE and CIGRE Working Groups and Task Forces.

The IEC came into being on 26-27 June 1906 in London, UK. It provides global standards to the world’s electrotechnical industries.

For more information, contact

Ray Lings, 416.207.6000 x6539, ray.lings@kinectrics.com