Powering the Future Summit 2022: Track 1: Keynote - Power System Dynamics

The transition from electric grids that interconnected a well defined fleet of large steam and gas turbine machines to interconnections of much less well defined fleets of electronically based machines is well under way. Questions arose as the transition was getting started asking whether the operation and control methods that have evolved with the existing electric grids will be able to control and manage the new grid configurations that are now taking shape. This talk will touch on some of the differences, and some of the similarities between the grids of the large rotating machine era and the now-emerging electronic grids. Consideration of these points leads to a view of how control equipment and operating practices are likely to evolve.