POWER SYSTEMS / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTLEARNING UPDATE · OCT 2026
02 / CONNECT LEARNING TO THE GRID

Utility project watch

RESEARCHED 30 SEP 2026

A dated research snapshot, with Ontario first and selected international developments. Source dates and project stages are explicit. Learning applications are suggested exercises, not claims about a utility’s installed protection scheme.

ONTARIO · TRANSMISSION

North Shore Link

Approval application

Hydro One and HOSSM filed a joint leave-to-construct application for a proposed 230 kV line between Mississagi and Third Line stations, with related station work. Filing is a project milestone; it is not construction approval.

Learning application · suggested

Create a fictional line-terminal trip matrix. Compare channel failure, breaker failure and backup-clearing paths.

Modules 5 · 6 · 8
Hydro One release
ONTARIO · SYSTEM EXPANSION

Waterloo Wellington Power Line

Environmental assessment

Hydro One lists an ongoing Class Environmental Assessment, four route alternatives and September 2026 open houses. Its current project page targets service in 2032; dates remain subject to change.

Learning application · suggested

Build a load-growth scenario in your small power-flow model. Explain when voltage or thermal limits justify reinforcement.

Modules 3 · 7 · 8
Hydro One project page
ONTARIO · TRANSMISSION

Waasigan Transmission Line

Construction update

A September report quotes Hydro One targeting phase-one energization by the end of 2026 and phase two by the end of 2027. The utility’s project page still carries an older phase-one target, so the dates are not fully reconciled.

Learning application · suggested

Draft an energization-readiness checklist linking CT polarity, settings revisions, trip paths and end-to-end timing evidence.

Modules 1 · 5 · 6
Dated report · Northern Ontario Business
GREAT BRITAIN · GRID PLANNING

National Grid’s Triton digital twin

Launched

National Grid announced Triton, developed with Atos, to combine network datasets and support demand scenarios and reinforcement planning. This is a planning tool, not a claim of virtualized protection deployment.

Learning application · suggested

Model two demand futures and an outage. Document which inputs dominate your recommendation and how you validate them.

Modules 7 · 12
National Grid release
UNITED STATES · OT SECURITY

V-INT utility cybersecurity toolset

Completed research output

DOE reported that a University of Arkansas collaboration with Bastazo and Network Perception produced V-INT, addressing asset exposure and complex firewall-policy assessment. The toolset was integrated with commercial platforms.

Learning application · suggested

Draw an isolated lab’s allowed data flows. Identify an overly broad firewall rule, explain its consequence and document a correction.

Modules 10 · 11
U.S. Department of Energy
TECHNOLOGY WATCH · DIGITAL SUBSTATIONS

Virtualized protection & control

Vendor perspective

GE Vernova discusses software-defined protection and control and the need to integrate cybersecurity with IT/OT coordination. This is technical context, not evidence that a named utility has commissioned a new installation.

Learning application · suggested

Compare a conventional IED architecture with a virtualized concept: timing, redundancy, failure domains, rollback and acceptance testing.

Modules 10 · 11 · 12
GE Vernova technical perspective

This edition does not refresh automatically. Waasigan schedule context: Hydro One project overview. The 2025 entries are supporting technology context, not new September 2026 announcements.