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 and reports covering different aspects of protection and control of electric power systems.
by Catherine Dalton, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Our May 2025 PSRC meeting, which took place in Portland, Oregon, had a successful turnout of 220 participants! The PSRC is in sync with the PES strategic direction, to be the leading provider of the latest technological development in the power and energy industry for the betterment of humanity. Core competencies include education, standards, publications and conferences.
PSRC Membership: We were pleased that numerous newcomers participated in the newcomer orientation, working group meetings, newcomer reception, subcommittee meetings, and main committee meeting. IEEE PES PSRC has a new LinkedIn page with 197 members currently. We want YOU to participate! Please join our group: IEEE PES PSRC (public group). The process….1. Log into your LinkedIn account. 2. Search for “IEEE PES PSRC.” 3. Select ‘Groups’ from the header menu. 4. Select “Join.”
IEEE PES PSRC Awards: The PSRC awards ceremony was held Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Hilton Portland Downtown, Portland, Oregon. The new Main Committee Members as of January 2025 include Brandon Lewey, Doug Weisz, and Scott Mix. As of May 1, 2025, there are 118 voting members of the Main committee. If you need assistance with any bigger picture PES or IEEE issues, please contact IEEE PES Program Manager, Abira Altvater at email Abira.Altvater@ieee.org. She will be able to get you in touch with the correct resources at PES or IEEE. Submit a topic for a PES webinar. The focus of the webinar can be technical, professional development, or current issues/hot topics in the power industry.
Technical Paper Coordinator Report: The theme of the IEEE 2025 General Meeting, July 27-31, 2025, in Austin, TX is “Achieving Deep Decarbonization in the Electric Power System.” PSRC will have four Super Sessions. Topics include Resource Adequacy and Energy Assurance, Supply Chain Issues and Raw Material Availability, Challenges of Engineering Power System Decarbonization, and New Technologies.
In addition, five PSRC panel sessions were accepted. These include: (1)Advances in Short Circuit Modeling of Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) — Matthew Reno; (2)Balancing grid needs and fault ride-through control constraints of IBRs — Manish Patel, Deepak Ramasubramanian; (3) Technology Improvements and Updates to Distribution system protection and control — Kamal Garg; (4)Integrating Relay Models with RMS Dynamic Simulations – Protection Perspective — Evangelos Farantatos; (5) Advances in Transmission Protection for High-IBR Systems — John Seuss, Bob Reedy. Also, one tutorial titled Power System Protection for the IBR Dominated Power Grid, by Kamal Garg, chair, will be presented at the July general meeting.
There are numerous approved and active standards projects for the IEEE SC21 and P1547/.X Series, IEEE 2030 Series, as well as identified future standards projects. Please contact Sean Carr, P1547 WG Liaison to PSRC, Galina Antonova, P1547.10 WG Liaison to PSRC, Jens Boemer, SC21 Standards coordinator or Ben Kazimier, PSRC B11 Chair if you are interested in participation.
Various other updates were provided including CIGRE B5, by Jonathan Sykes, US Rep, B5, Protection and Automation. Active WGs and their TOR (SOW) are listed at: https://b5.cigre.org/GB/technical-activities/working-groups-list.
IEC by Eric Udren, Technical Advisor to US National Committee. Standards Collaboration Summary: US participants, in TC 95 working groups and maintenance teams, are supporting ongoing strategy development for several standards projects. PSRC WGs are established to support complex IEC standard projects and contribute to IEC content and evaluate drafts.
SC21 and 1547 update by Mat Garver, supporting Ben Kazimier,
Standard Coordinator’s Report by Erin Jessup. There are currently 74 PSRC Standards related projects.
PSRC Subcommittee Updates: All of PSRC’s Subcommittees, H, I, J, K, C, D, are diligently working on numerous Standards, Guides, technical papers, tutorials, webinars, etc. for our industry. Subcommittee chairs Hugo Monterrubio (H), Angelo Tempone (I), Will English (J), Brandon Davies (K), Michael Higginson C), and Meyer Kao, (D). Please refer to the PSRC Main Committee Minutes for May 2025 for more details on all these updates.
IEEE PSRC WG H45 Presentation: A special technical presentation on the recently completed IEEE Guide C37.300-2024 for Centralized Protection and Control (CPC) Systems within a Substation, was done by Ratan Das and other PSRC WG H45 members including Paul Myrda. The guide for Centralized Protection and Control (CPC) systems summarizes the generally accepted practices for the use of centralized protection and control (CPC) systems within a substation.
Future Meetings:
- September 8-11, 2025, Richmond, VA, DoubleTree by Hilton, Richmond-Midlothian
- January 11-15, 2026, (JTCM) Atlanta, GA, Courtland Grand Hotel
- May 11-14, 2026, Cleveland, OH, The Westin Downtown
- September 14-17, 2026, Reno, NV, Peppermill Hotel and Casino
Biography:
Catherine Dalton is a Strategic Account Executive at EPRI. She has broad experience in the electric utility industry. She is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and an active participant in IEEE PES PSRC. She has a master’s degree in electrical engineering (Ohio State University,) and a MBA from the University of Dayton. Previously she worked for American Electric Power, Basler Electric, SEL and Beckwith Electric.
