ELECTRA N°348
October 2026

Featured
in this edition N°348

Editorial

Leading the Pragmatic Transition

By Konstantin O. Papailiou, President of CIGRE
Global connections

From Pit Stop to Power Grid

One Grid

“Navigating the Interim” – Integrating the Energy Transition while it is underway

Global Leadership Perspectives

From Expertise to Consensus: Why the energy transition needs standards as much as it needs technology

Global Leadership Perspectives

Resilience through Connection: Building Europe’s Energy Security through stronger Grids

CIGRE sponsors

Global Connections

Beyond the Zonal Debate: Delivering Localised Efficiency in a National Electricity Market

From Pit Stop to Power Grid

One Grid

The Impact of Increasing Load on Grid Stability
Dual-Path Verified Load Forecasting: Mitigating Error Accumulation for Virtual Power-Plant Market Operation
Security Regions as Guardrails for Grid Operation AI Agents: Toward Trustworthy Autonomous Decision-Making
Subsea Energy Storage: A Technical Step-Change for Offshore Wind’s Next Phase - Part 2
Silver Corrosion in Transformers – Studies on a relatively recently observed phenomenon in power transformers
Approaches to account for imperfect foresight in assessing the contribution of Energy Storage Systems to resource adequacy
“Navigating the Interim” – Integrating the Energy Transition while it is underway

Global Leadership Perspectives

Resilience through Connection: Building Europe’s Energy Security through stronger Grids
From Expertise to Consensus: Why the energy transition needs standards as much as it needs technology

Life of Association

CIGRE Medal 2026: Nikos Hatzargyriou
Women in Energy Forum 2026 - The Power of Inclusion: the future of energy driven by all
CIGRE Science & Engineering (CSE) - The technical magazine of choice
Inside CIGRE: Get to know our Central Office Team! 一 Part 6
CIGRE Australia 2027 Heads to the Gold Coast, Queensland

Annual Reports

SC  C1
Power system development and economics
SC  C4
Power system technical performance
SC  C5
Electricity markets and regulation

Technical Brochures

TB 996 WG D2.55

Application of 5G Technology to Smart Grids

TB 997 WG B3.52

Neutral Earthing Method Selection and Earth Fault Handling for Substations in the Distribution Networks

TB 998
WG D1.72
Further Investigations on a DC Tracking & Erosion Test
TB 999
JWG B3/D2.62
Lifelong Supervision and Management of Substations by Use of Sensors, Mobile Devices, Information and Communication Technologies
TB 1000
WG B3.56
Application of 3D technologies in substation engineering works
TB 1001
WG B4.87
Voltage Sourced Converter (VSC) HVDC Responses to Disturbances and Faults in AC Systems which have Low Synchronous Generation
TB 1002
WG D1.60
Traceable Measurement Techniques for Very Fast Transients

Symposia

CIGRE International Symposium Heidelberg 2027: Call for Papers
CIGRE International Symposium Bangkok 2027: Call for Papers

Events

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IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2026 - Budapest
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Grid of the Future - Richmond, VA
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CIGRE Academy Webinar: Atmospheric and altitude corrections for air gaps and clean insulators
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CIGRE Symposium 2027 - Heidelberg
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Shaping the Power Systems of tomorrow
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CIGRE A3&B3 Joint Colloquium 2027
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CIGRE Symposium 2027 - Bangkok

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