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 January PSRC meeting took place in Atlanta, GA, during the week of January 12, 2026, with a successful turnout of 145 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!
Officers include Gene Henneberg, Chair; Jim Niemira, Vice Chair; Gary Kobet, Secretary. Erin Jessup, Standards Coordinator. There are currently 129 voting members of PSRC, as of 1/1/2026.
PSRC Membership: IEEE PES PSRC has a LinkedIn page with 233 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 Copyright: Please help protect it! You may see LinkedIn posts or elsewhere that illegally share IEEE standards documents. If you do, please forward information including any links to the post to: infringement@ieee.org to alert IEEE.
IEEE PES PSRC Awards: Adrian Zvarych is our new Awards Chair. Reminder for Standards Working Group awards and certificates of appreciation: Once your working group has completed its work, please contact Adrian for the process to request awards and certificates.
New IEEE Fellows announced from PSRC in January 2026 include Miriam Sanders, for her contributions to power system protection and communications, and Jeffrey E Dagle, for his leadership in guiding the collaborative deployment of wide-area time-synchronized measurements for grid reliability
Michael J. Meisinger, Sr., has been awarded the Standards Medallion. This award is for major contributions to the development of standards. He was recognized for his leadership in standardization of new technologies, assuring achievement of standards development goals, and Identifying opportunities to better serve the needs of standards users
New PSRC Main Committee Members – January 2026 include the following: Mike Basler, Ellery Blood, Laurel Brandt, James Formea, Dinesh Gurisinghe, Erin Jessup, Joshua Lamb, Melvin Moncey Joseph, Craig Palmer, Jose Ruiz, and Daniel Sabin
Technical Paper Coordinator Report: Conferences for which PSRC members can submit abstracts and possibly present technical papers include the following:
- 2026 IEEE PES T&D Conference and Expo, May 4-7, 2026, Chicago, IL with the theme “Powering Reliability, Engineering Resilience. PSRC has ten Panel Sessions Proposed, 3 Accepted
1. Technology Improvements and Updates to Distribution System Protection and Control – Kamal Garg, Moderator
2. Power System Protection with High Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) – Brian Johnson, Moderator
3. Understanding the Compliance and Challenges of Category 2 IBRs – Libin Varghese, Moderator
- 2026 IEEE PES General Meeting, July 19-23, 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada – Powering the Digital Era is the theme. Preferred topics for tutorials include Applications of AI in the power and energy industry, Resources for large data centers, designing the grid for the digital world and resiliency of the power grid. Call for papers is underway.
IEEE PES International Meeting, Jan 18 – 21, 2026, Hong Kong
2026 IEEE PES General Meeting, July 19-23, 2026, Montreal, QC, CA Powering the Digital Era ; 72 papers proposed; approx. 36 to be accepted; seven panel sessions proposed; four scheduled so far
2027 IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference & Exposition, April 19-22, 2027, Salt Lake City, UT
Subcommittee Chair and Working Group Chair Training; O&P Manual Revision and Working Group Chair Training is underway. Working group chairs can find the Training Manual Posted on PSRC Knowledge Base on the pes-psrc.org website.
Standard Coordinator’s Report by Erin Jessup. Please refer to the Main committee meeting minutes for specific projects and status. There are currently 75 PSRC Standards related projects. PSRC is partnering with nine different organizations within IEEE and others like IEC.
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), Manish Patel C), and Alla Deronja (D). In addition, Ben Kazimier and Mat Garver, PSRC B11 Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, are working on IEEE SC21 and P1547/.X. and Kamal Garg and Mahish Patel are coordinating Inverter Based Resource activities.
Please refer to the PSRC Main Committee January 2026 Meeting Minutes on the pes-psrc.org website for detailed updates and requests for your participation. How can you get involved? Join us at any of our meetings and volunteer for the Working Groups that interest you.
A special presentation was given by Jonathan Sykes, IEEE Fellow, Danovo Energy Solutions, and Scott Hayes, IEEE Senior, Pacific Gas and Electric, on IEEE PES TR130 Protection Methods to Reduce Wildfire Risk from Transmission and Distribution Lines.
Future Meetings:
- May 11-14, 2026, Cleveland, OH
- September 14-17, 2026, Reno, NV, Peppermill Hotel and Casino
- January 17-21, 2027, JTCM, San Antonio, TX, USA, Marriott River Center
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.
