by Carlos Aviz, Aviz Consultoria, Francisco Reis, UERJ, Giovanni Fabris, Eletrobras, Rafael Fernandes, Unicamp, Brazil Non-conventional Sources of Energy (NCSE) continue to be added to power grids...
Issue 060 June 2022
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Featured Articles
Revisiting Six-phase Line Transmission
by Alex Apostolov and S.S. (Mani) Venkata, USA Since the beginning of the 21st century the development and installation of renewable generation globally exploded exponentially becoming a source of...
Microgrid Protection Systems
by S.S.(Mani) Venkata, and Sukumar Brahma, USA Distribution-connected and behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DERs), including generation and energy storage systems, are being increasingly...
Securing the Future Grid
by John Stewart, EPRI, USA The article describes EPRI’s Cybersecurity Vision 2030 My first personal experience with a utility cyber event began with an unusual email. This email was not however, part...
Common Substation Platform
by Paul Myrda, EPRI, USA and Herb Falk, OTB Consulting, USA Substations are becoming more complex both in the power delivery aspects but also in terms of the need to handle wide ranging data...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 060 June 2022
Everything has a price! by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief For the last couple of centuries human civilization has gone through a period of industrialization. It has completely changed our lives...
Last Word
We need standards!
by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief The operation of the electric power system and its protection and control are based on the good understanding of the behavior of its components under different...
The Guru
Interview with PAC World guru Sherman Chan
PAC World: When and where were you born? S.C.: 1953 in Guangzhou, China. PAC World: Where did you go to school? S.C.: I went to an elementary school in Hong Kong that was founded by Baptist...
History
Testing Technology in the 1940s
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria All the time we tried to investigate the history standards. We do not know exactly, when the work on ASA C37.1-1937...
News
Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP)
The 16th International Conference on Developments in Power System Protection (DPSP) was held 7-10 March 2022 at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead, UK. DPSP is held every even year and is one of...
Texas A&M Protective Relay Conference
The event was preceded by a day of seminars organized by participating manufacturers. The 75th Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers was held 28-31 March 2022 in College Station, Texas...
IEEE T&D Conference
The 2022IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition was held 25-28 April 2022 in New Orleans, USA under the theme “Power in Discovery.” The conference venue was at the...
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2022)
The event was held under the motto “Moving to a 3-D energy landscape.” The 2022 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference North America (ISGT N.A.) was held 24-28 April 2022 at the...
Georgia Tech Fault & Disturbance Analysis Conference
The 25th Annual Georgia Tech Fault and Disturbance Analysis Conference was held 2-3 May 2022 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The conference is jointly organized...
Blackout Watch – Issue 060 June 2022
Analysis of system power outages can help us learn and avoid similar events in the future. If you have information on any blackouts, please e-mail to: editor@pacw.org Taiwan – 3 March 2022: An...
Utility Solution Builders
At DistribuTECH on Monday, 23rd May 2022, Intel hosted the annual “Utility Solution Builders” dinner event. Over 100 executives from Utilities and Ecosystem Partners gathered to hear Smart Grid...
Enhancements to Grid Configurator
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) has released a substantial update to its SEL Grid Configurator software which includes several enhancements that allows users to connect to multiple devices...
GE’s Grid Solutions MiCOM P40 5th Generation
GE is proud to announce the release of the 5th generation of MiCOM P40. Featuring a full-color graphical HMI and USB front port, ease of use is maximized. This next generation platform...
REX610 – innovative simplicity
REX610 is all about innovative simplicity. It is a completely plug-and-play solution with installed hardware modules that enable all available functionality. REX610 is the first all-in-one protection...
Industry Updates
IEC TC 57 WG 17 Update
X-to-Grid – coordinating vehicle charging, customer energy management systems and grid operations by Tom Berry, Schneider-Electric IEC TC 57 WG 17 is in charge of power system intelligent electronic...
IEEE PES PSRC Update
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...
Is This the Breakthrough RoCoF has been waiting for?
By Urban Rudez, Rajne Ilievska, Denis Sodin, Janez Zakonjsek, Rafael Mihalic, Slovenia Acknowledgements: This work was funded by the Slovenian Research Agency through the research program...
CIGRE Study Committee B5
by Richard Adams, Ramboll, UK News from CIGRE Study Committee B5 Protection and Automation Preparations are underway for the CIGRE Session 2022, which will take place from 28 August to 02 September...
IEEE PES PSCC Update
by James Formea, Eaton, USA The IEEE PES Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee (PSCCC) held its regular joint spring meeting with the Power System Relaying & Control Committee...
Securing IEC 61850
by Christoph Brunner, it4power, Switzerland Standards are in place to support security of IEC 61850, however not only are the standards there, but they are also already available in products. Cyber...
