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 2024 PSRC meeting, which took place in Buffalo, New York, was very successful, with 230 participants! Thank you to our meeting sponsors, who include S&C Electric Company, Sargent & Lundy and Beckwith Electric, Hubbell Co.
PSRC Membership: MemberPlanet, the new Committee Management System, and its implementation is still underway for membership profiles. If you are a member of PSRC and have not yet created your profile, please do so. It is required to update you on PSRC activities and maintain you member status on any roster. If your contact information has changed since you created your profile, please update it.
https://ieee.memberplanet.com/v2app/#/member-registration/join
Please join our LinkedIn page IEEE PES PSRC.
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IEEE PES Standards Awards PSRC:
IEEE Standard C37.102 – 2023– Guide for AC Generator Protection; Manish Das, Chair; Gary Kobet, Vice Chair for WGJ17
IEEE Standard C37.233 – 2023– Guide for Power Systems Protection Testing; Don Ware, Chair, Matt Black, Vice Chair, Zach Zaitz, Secretary, WG C26
IEEE Standard C37.92 – 2023–Standard for Low-Energy Analog Interfaces Between Protective Relays and Power System Signal Sources; Ritwik Chowdhury, Chair; Eric Udren, Vice Chair WG I38
IEEE Standard 1613 – 2023; Standard for Environmental and Testing Requirements for Devices with Communications Functions used with Electric Power Apparatus; Brian Mugalian, Chair, Jerry Ramie, Vice Chair I31
Mark your calendars for the next awards ceremony – September 9, 2024, in Scottsdale, AZ.
Technical Paper Coordinator Report:
The theme of the IEEE 2024 PES General Meeting, July 21-24, 2024, in Seattle, WA is “The New Electric System: Reinvention and Resilience.” For PSRC participation at this meeting, PSRC requested five panel sessions, 39 papers reviewed, with 20 accepted.
Super Sessions topics include Planning for uncertainty in power grid operations; Trends in changing power system dynamics; Use of AI in the power grid; and Role of the public in grid planning and operations.
PES has scheduled 5 two-hour PSRC panel sessions:
- Improving Protection of Low-Voltage Networks with High DER – Matthew Reno
- Voltage ride-through performance requirements for IBRs considering needs of the power grid – Manish Patel, Deepak Ramasubramanian
- Renewable Energy and Protection Challenges – Kamal Garg, Shuhui Li
- Role of ML/AI in enabling and protecting the grid of the future – Abder Elandaloussi, Yi Hu
- Protection Challenges in the Decarbonized and Resilient Power Grid – Yonghao Gui, Aleksander Dimitrovski
The IEEE 2025 Grid Edge Conference & Expo is scheduled January 21-23, 2025, San Diego, CA.
All of PSRC’s Subcommittees, H, I, J, K, C, D, are diligently working on numerous Standards, Guides, technical papers, etc. for our industry.
There are numerous approved and active standards projects for the IEEE 1547 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.
Active Standards projects in the IEEE 1547 Series include:
IEEE P1547 – Revision of 1547-2018: Incorporates updates from the previous amendment and industry feedback.
IEEE P1547.1A -Standard Conformance Test Procedures for Equipment Interconnecting Distributed Energy Resources with Electric Power Systems and Associated Interfaces Amendment 1: Integrates clarifications and corrections identified in the extensive additions to UL 1741 3rd Ed. Supplement SB that incorporated test procedures in IEEE 1547.1-2020.
IEEE P1547.4: Islanded Systems (Microgrids)
Address increased maturity and complexity of intentional island systems and align with revised standards like 1547, 2030.7/.8/.9, and ongoing projects like P2030.12 and P2988.
IEEE P1547.10 – Recommended Practice for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Gateway Platforms
Enable direct integration of DER with the monitoring and control systems of grid operators.
Could include emerging capabilities for DERs that would not be included in the revision of the main standard 1547.
Active Standards projects in the IEEE 2030 Series include a Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS), End-Use Applications, and Loads. It provides a knowledge base addressing terminology, characteristics, functional performance and evaluation criteria for connectivity and communications.
IEEE P2030.5 – Standard for Smart Energy Profile Protocol
A protocol that has been instrumental in integrating interoperability into California regulations and is critical to establishing vehicle-to-grid energy-transfer protocols.
Next Meeting:
September 9-12, 2024, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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.
