IEEE PES Power Quality Subcommittee

The Power Quality Subcommittee reports to the Transmission and Distribution Committee of the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

Subcommittee Officers

Chair	Vice Chair	Secretary
Dan Sabin Electrotek Concepts 100 Cummings Center, Suite 323D Beverly, Massachusetts 01915 USA	Timothy D. Unruh Custom Energy Services 9217 Cody Overland Park, Kansas 66214 USA	Rich Bingham Dranetz-BMI 1000 New Durham Road Edison, New Jersey 08818 USA
E-Mail: Dan Sabin	E-Mail: Timothy D. Unruh	E-Mail: Rich Bingham

Next Meeting

Past Meetings

Working Groups and Task Forces

Subcommittee Organization Chart (July 2009)

Working Group on Harmonics (IEEE Std 519)

Task Force on Guide for Applying Harmonic Limits on Power Systems (P519A)
Task Force on Harmonics Modeling and Simulation
Task Force on Probabilistic Aspects of Harmonics
Task Force on Interharmonics

Working Group on Power Quality Activities

Task Force on Power Quality Standards Coordination and Planning
Task Force on Power Quality Information Dissemination, Education, and Planning
Task Force on Power Quality Technical Session Planning

Subcommittee Paper Reviews

One of the ongoing tasks of the subcommittee is to review papers that are published in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. The papers are submitted and reviewed using an on-line paper publication database system. For a demonstration of how the paper submittal and review process works, download this Adobe Acrobat tutorial (1.62MB).

Subcommittee Standards Activity

The following completed standards are maintained by workings groups and tasks forces in the subcommittee.

IEEE Std 519-1992: IEEE Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electrical Power Systems
IEEE Std 1159-1995: IEEE Recommended Practice for Monitoring Electric Power Quality
IEEE Std 1159.3-2003: IEEE Recommended Practice for the Transfer of Power Quality Data
IEEE Std 1250-1995: IEEE Guide for Service to Equipment Sensitive to Momentary Voltage Disturbances
IEEE Std 1346-1998: IEEE Recommended Practice for Evaluating Electric Power System Compatibility with Electronic Process Equipment

The following draft standards are being completed by working groups and task forces in the subcommittee.

P1159.1: Recommended Practice for Power Quality Measurements in A.C. Power Supply Systems
P1409: Guide for the Application of Power Electronics for Power Quality Improvement on Distribution Systems Rated 1 kV Through 38 kV
P1453: Recommended Practice for Measurement and Limits of Voltage Flicker on AC Power Systems
P1564: Recommended Practice for the Establishment of Voltage Sag Indices

The following draft standards are inactive at present.

P1495: Standard for Harmonic Limits for Single-Phase Equipment

Related Committees and Working Groups

IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee on Power Quality (SCC-22)
CIGRE 36.05/CIRED WG 2/UIEPQ Joint Working Group CCU2 on Voltage Quality
Harmonic Filter Working Group of the IEEE Capacitor Subcommittee
IEEE Emerald Book: Power and Grounding Electronic Equipment
IEEE P1548: Distributed Resources Interconnection Work Groups
IEC 61000-1-X
IEC 61000-2-X
IEC 61000-3-X
IEC 61000-4-X
IEC 61000-5-X
IEC 61000-6-X
IEC Subcommittee 77A: Low Frequency Phenomena
IEC TC 77/WG 1: Terminology
IEC SC 77A/WG 1: Harmonics and Other Low-Frequency Disturbances
IEC SC 77A/WG 6: Low Frequency Immunity Tests
IEC SC 77A/WG 2: Voltage Fluctuations and Other Low-Frequency Disturbances
IEC SC 77A/WG 8: Description of the Electromagnetic Environment Associated with the Disturbances Present on Electricity Supply Networks
IEC SC 77A/WG 9: Power Quality Measurement Methods
IEC SC 77A/PT 61000-3-1: Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 3-1: Limits - Overview of emission standards and guides. Technical Report

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