by Anick Pomerleau, Eric Thibodeau, Samuel Gouin, Hydro-Quebec, Canada Hydro-Quebec’s power grid is predominantly radial, with approximately 85% of electricity generation concentrated in...
Issue 072 June 2025
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Featured Articles
GOOSE and SIPS
By Alex Apostolov, PACWolrd, USA IEC 61850 has been identified for more than twenty years as a cornerstone technology for the Smart Grid. One of the key components that gives it this role is the...
Powering the Future
How SCE is Revolutionizing Grid Stability with Centralized Remedial Action Schemes (CRAS) by Bill Zhang and Simeon “Jet” Rodriguez, Southern California Edison, USA In the heart of California’s...
System Integrity Protection Schemes for increased capacity – a...
by Emil Hillberg, Susanne Ackeby, Gabriel Malmer, Arvid Rolander, Olof Samuelsson, Lars Nordstrom, Sweden This article describes some of the findings from the ongoing Swedish research project “System...
Use of Advanced Technologies to Support System Integrity...
By Farokh Aminifar, Dan Brancaccio, and Damir Novosel – Quanta Technology, Davis Erwin – PG&E, Steven Prsha, Will Ragsdale, and Robin Manuguid – SDG&E®, Marianna Vaiman and...
Editorial
Editorial – Issue 072 June 2025
Adapting to a changing grid by Alex Apostolov, Editor-in-Chief As electric power systems evolve to accommodate growing penetration of inverter-based resources (IBR), increased automation and...
Last Word
Situational Awareness and SIPS
by Alex Apostolov, USA As the electric power grid becomes increasingly complex and dynamic, ensuring its reliability and stability demands more than just traditional protection systems. System...
The Guru
Interview with PACWorld guru Herb Falk
PAC World: When and where were you born? H.F.: I was born in Greensboro, NC, USA in August 1956 PAC World: Where did you go to school? H.F.: I was a boarding student at Deerfield Academy in...
History
The history of ground fault detection –The first power current...
by Walter Schossig, Germany, and Thomas Schossig, OMICRON electronics GmbH, Austria In the last issue we described the first power transmission in Germany, from Lauffen to Frankfurt in the 1891. This...
News
Distinguished Member awards 2024
Marcin LIZER (PL) has been granted the Distinguished Member awards 2024 for CIGRE SC B5 “Protection and Automation”.Every two years, longstanding services to CIGRE are rewarded by a...
What happened during the Iberian blackout?
Following the blackout incident in the Iberian Peninsula on 28 April, ENTSO-E and its members have set up a joint Expert Panel led by experts from TSOs that weren’t directly affected by the incident...
New Industrial Ethernet Switch
Belden’s industrial-grade Hirschmann GREYHOUND2000 next-generation 19-inch Switch delivers very high fiber port density and configurable port modules that adapt to various connectivity scenarios. As...
Greenlight launched tackling £1M cable faults
Synaptec has launched Greenlight™, a groundbreaking cable maintenance solution, designed to overcome one of the most expensive and disruptive problems facing the energy sector.Cable faults can cost...
Capture Missed Events with Continuous Waveforms
To better understand how renewables, data centers, and nonlinear loads impact your power system, SEL-5703 Synchrowave® Monitoring software now receives continuous waveform streams from several SEL...
New CIGRE Distinguished Member Award
Rene TROOST (NL) was granted the 2024 Distinguished Member Award for CIGRE SC B5 “Protection and Automation”. Every two years, CIGRE recognizes individuals for their longstanding contributions with...
Modular Substation Controller Platform
Schneider Electric introduces the next generation highly scalable, & modular substation controller platform for Power & Grid, O&G and Transportation segments. PowerLogic T500 is a modern...
Enhanced Substation Analysis
OMICRON’s DANEO 400 software version 5.00 brings key enhancements for digital substation analysis. This update introduces Routable GOOSE (R-GOOSE) support across all functions, advanced network...
zenon 15: a substation PAC companion
COPA-DATA’s zenon 15 delivers modular substation automation through advanced virtualization with Linux and Docker support, ensuring hardware independence and streamlined maintenance. Its HTML5 based...
Power outages, June 2025
By Rannveig Loken, Norway Chile, Santiago – February 26, 2025 A massive power outage across Chile plunged the country’s capital Santiago into darkness and knocked out electricity to major...
Industry Updates
IEEE PES PSCC Update
by Eric Thibodeau, Hydro Quebec, Quebec, Canada The IEEE PES Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Committee (PSCCC) met jointly y with the Power Systems Relaying and Control Committee...
Modeling Guidelines and Functional Testing
by Christoph Brunner, it4power, Switzerland The modeling guidelines were published a while ago and, in the meantime, there is new material to be added. Therefore, we started the process to revise...
IEC TC 57 WG 17 Update
Data model harmonization for Digital Twins by 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 From 12 to 15 May, SCB5 contributed to the CIGRE Symposium in Trondheim Norway as a...
