Electrical Hazard Risk Assessment on EV Supply Equipment and Chargers

Bibek Karki, IPS PowerServeFeatures, Fall 2026 Features

Electric vehicles (EVs) are a large part of the traffic infrastructure due to the industrial revolution in electrical technology and the paradigm shift in the motor vehicle industry. To support this rapid growth in EVs, the charging infrastructure would need to be designed and implemented at scale. This phenomenon has caused an explosive growth in the design, development, and construction …

Demystifying On-Line Partial Discharge Monitoring

Bobby Ellison, IPEC USAFall 2026 Features, Features

Reliability and safety are words that come up frequently when discussing modern power networks, and for good reason. Electrical systems today are carrying higher loads, operating with tighter margins, and supporting facilities such as data centers and industrial plants, where downtime is not an option. As a result, operators are placing greater emphasis on technologies that provide early warning of …

The Evolution of Standards to Support Advancing Grid Technologies

Howard W. Penrose, MotorDoc LLCFall 2026 Features, Features

The electric power industry is undergoing the largest transition since widespread energization began more than a century ago. Inverter-based resources, data centers, and rapidly changing load profiles are exposing operating conditions that were never envisioned when many IEEE standards for machinery were originally developed. As a result, IEEE and other standards organizations are revising existing standards while developing new guidance …