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Martins, was formed in 2006 to address
potential restoration dynamic problems.
the rD tF was a subgroup of the Power
System Stability Controls Subcommittee, chaired by Leo Lima of the Power
System Dynamic Performance Committee, which was chaired by Prof. thierry Van Cutsem. And no discussion of
power system restoration is possible
without acknowledging the many contributions by Mike Adibi and all that
the industry has learned from him as
the long-term expert and mentor on restoration issues. I fully encourage Ieee
members to participate in further activities that will continue to address power
system restoration issues.

In This Issue
the articles in this issue discuss key
aspects of system restoration and summarize some of the great work being
done within the electric power industry.
the issue reviews some of the lessons

learned from operating experience and
the improvements made to restoration operating procedures, the physical
aspects for planning and operating the
restoration of the system, and new technologies that improve reliable operation
of the system and more rapidly restore
service during the inevitable outages.
It has been more than ten years since
much of the u.S. eastern interconnection was blacked out and then successfully restored by dedicated and highly
competent personnel. A retrospective of
both the system restoration process used
and a summary of lessons learned is provided in the article "no Light in August:
Power System restoration Following
the 2003 north American Blackout,"
by eric h. Allen, robert B. Stuart, and
thomas e. Wiedman. the article also
discusses the regulatory recommendations that resulted from the blackout and
some of the standards that must be followed for system restoration.

restoration of the system poses technical challenges that must be addressed.
"Down, but not out: A Brief overview
of restoration Issues," by James Feltes
and Carlos Grande-Moran, discusses
the general philosophy, plans and procedures, studies and analyses, and several
other aspects of the blackstart process.
the article describes system operations
during restoration and the studies that
should be part of a restoration planning
process that minimizes the disruption
of service to load and reduces the risk
of damage to equipment. the article
should be helpful to utility staff who
develop restoration plans, perform simulation testing, and conduct drills.
"the new Black Start: System restoration with help from Voltage-Sourced
Converters," by Michael Bahrman
and Per-erik Bjorklund, describes the
operating experience of actual facilities. Voltage sourced converters (VSCs)
have the ability to provide dynamic

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New developments in protection and control for the RTDS Simulator:
* Synchronizing the simulation timestep to GPS clock (1PPS, IEEE 1588, IRIG-B) for testing PMU devices
* Streaming IEEE C37.118 data from simulated PMU devices to the outside world
* Testing of digital substations with IEC 61850 GOOSE and Sampled Values
* Performing protection testing with a combination of both physical and simulated protection devices

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