by Kenneth E. Martin, Electric Power Group, USA Synchrophasor measurement was described in 1983 and then first implemented in the mid 1980’s at Virginia Tech. A phasor, consisting of the magnitude...
Issue 071 March 2025
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Synchrophasors and IEC 61850
by Alexander Apostolov, PAC World, Los Angeles, USA The past few decades have been a time of digital transformation that has profoundly reshaped our lives, industries, and societies. As part of this...
Enhancing South Australia’s Grid Resilience Through...
by Sean Norris, GE Vernova Grid Automation, UK, Maman Ahmad Khan, Douglas Wilson and Priyank Shah, GE Vernova, UK, and Devinda Perera and Hugo Klingenberg, ElectraNet, Australia South Australia...
Applications and Practicalities of Synchronized Waveform...
By Steven Blair, Synaptec, Kevin Kawal and Qiteng Hong, University of Strathclyde, UK, and Panagiotis Papadopoulos, University of Manchester, UK Synchronized waveform monitoring has the potential to...
Inverter-Based Resource (IBR), Oscillations, and Grid Reliability
By Thomas J. (TJ) Purcell IV, Dominion Energy Virginia, Josh Wold, Md Arif Khan, and Jared Bestebreur, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., USA Our world has seen fast growth in renewable...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 071 March 2025
The Evolution of Synchrophasors by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief Synchrophasor technology represents one of the most significant advancements in modern power system monitoring and control. From...
Last Word
Forget Steady State Estimation
by Alex Apostolov, USA Synchrophasor technology represents a revolutionary advancement in power grid monitoring, transforming how utilities observe and manage electrical systems. This...
The Guru
Interview with PAC World guru NF Chin
PAC World: When and where were you born? NF C.: September 6th, 1949. Sandakan town, State of Sabah, East Malaysia. PAC World: Where did you go to school? NF C.: Hometown Sandakan...
History
The history of ground fault detection – The first power current...
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria This is the first article of a series on earth fault detection. The topic started with the introduction of three...
News
Nuclear Fusion Record
The beginning of 2025 has delivered a significant achievement in nuclear fusion research giving us hope that after couple decades of intensive work and delays in this international project we are...
Chris Huntley – new IEEE Fellow
Chris Huntley has been elevated to IEEE Fellow “for contributions to telecommunication and timing systems in electric power utilities.” He is P.Eng. and received his M.A.Sc. in Engineering...
New CIGRE Technical Council Chair 2024
Rannveig LOKEN (NO)was elected by the Administrative Council in CIGRE for a four-year term, August 2024 – August 2028, subject to one extension of two years by exception, on proposal of the...
CMC: Protection relay testing redefined
The modular, multi-phase CMC 500 relay test set can reduce testing efforts by up to 80% and allow for a complete validation of protection systems. It sets new benchmarks for output performance...
CIGRE Technical Council Award 2024
Bogdan Kasztenny (CA) was granted the Technical Council Award 2024 for B5 “Protection and Automation.” This Award is granted to a few CIGRE Members as a reward for their active participation in...
new IEEE Fellow – Michael Thompson
Michael Thompsonhas been elevated to IEEE Fellow “for contributions to standardization and guidelines for modern protection technologies”. He received his B.S., magna cum laude, from Bradley...
Outstanding Service Award CIGRE SC B5-2024
Cedric Moors (BE) received the SC B5 Outstanding Service Award in recognition of his contribution, commitment and dedication to CIGRE Study Committee B5 – Protection and Automation. The...
Nirmal Nair – new IEEE Fellow
Nirmal Kumar C. Nair has been elevated to IEEE Fellow “for contributions towards secure renewables grid integration”. He received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from The Maharaja Sayajirao...
SEL ICON Multiplexer: Industry-Leading Deterministic Transport
The versatile SEL ICON® multiplexer is designed to transport critical and noncritical traffic over Ethernet—without compromising performance—using. The ICON is a comprehensive solution for wide-area...
Power outages, March 2025
By Rannveig Loken, Norway Odessa Ukraine, 19 February 2025: A mass drone attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa knocked out power and triggered a blackout for some 5,000...
Industry Updates
IEEE PES PSCC Update
by Eric Thibodeau, Hydro Quebec, Quebec, Canada The first of three yearly meetings of the IEEE PES Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee (PSCCC) was held at the IEEE PES 2025 Joint...
An update from WG10
by Christoph Brunner, it4power, Switzerland As an established tradition, the first column of the year, will present an update on the latest activities in working group 10 (WG10). As I am writing this...
IEC TC 57 WG 17 Update
Data Centers and Distribution Automation b y Tom Berry, Schneider-Electric IEC TC 57 WG 17 is in charge of power system intelligent electronic device communication and associated data models for...
IEEE PES PSRC Update
IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Power System Relaying and Control (PSRC) Committee PES Power System Relaying and Control (PSRC) Committee is responsible for the development of standards, guides...
CIGRE Study Committee B5
by Peter Bishop, Transpower NZ Ltd, New Zealand News from CIGRE Study Committee B5 Protection and Automation CIGRE Study Committee B5 will organize its colloquium 2025 in Osaka, 30th June – 6th July...
