Skip to contentPOWER 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.