David G. Williams P.E. and substation services Senior Engineer at FirstEnergy Corporation, will be presenting a 1-hour webinar on a new technology for Digital Substations, the IEC 61850 suite of standards. A 1-hour PDH certificate will be provided to attendees for Professional Engineer Continuing Education. IEC 61850 is a grouping of standards defining engineering and communication protocols for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_electronic_device) at (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_substation). The abstract data models defined in IEC 61850 can be mapped to a number of protocols. Current mappings in the standard are to (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Message_Specification) (MMS), (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOSE) (Generic Object Oriented System Event), and SV (Sampled Values) / SMV (Sampled Measured Values). Precision Time Protocol (PTP) IEEE 1588 / IEC-61850-9-3 is one more protocol that provides time synchronization supporting SV. These protocols operate on (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP) and native switched (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet) networks existing as substation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN) to obtain the necessary response times below four milliseconds for protective relaying. Focus in the webinar will be on an overview of these protocols and how they allow protective relaying installations to operate with far less copper wiring while improving safety with electrical isolation. Speaker(s): David, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/384017

Please join the Columbus Section Executive Committee and meet your fellow section members and guests. Meeting discussion includes administrative business, Technical/Affinity Society current and future events status. Society and Affinity chairs, if you are unable to attend the meeting, please send your section activities updates to Helen Winfrey [email protected] Student chapters are welcome to attend and network with the section members and officers. Please review the attached minutes and provide comments to Kavitha Bangalore (mailto:[email protected]) prior to the meeting. Co-sponsored by: [email protected] Agenda: Agenda: Virtual ExCom Meeting 6:00 Welcome/Call Meeting to Order 6:15 Secretary’s Report: Approval of ExCom Minute Chair’s Report Vice Chair’s Report Treasurer Report 6:30 Professional, Society, Affinity, and Student Branch Reports 6:45 Old and New Business Discussions 7:30 Adjourn Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/383758