Drivers and Benefits in Adopting Digital Substations

February 04, 2026
29CD
Digital Transformation , Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET) , Strategy and Workforce , Grid Modernization , Reliability and Resilience , Communication Networks

With the acceleration of capital projects (new substations and upgrading existing substations), it is increasingly important to look at how to deploy digital substations. Digital substations provide improvements in protection, control, design, compliance, and testing cycles.  However, there are many actions that a utility must do to pave the path to digitization that will make the journey successful and sustainable. The panelists will provide real-world experiences in how utilities approach this process. They will touch on the challenges, justification, standards, proof of concept and testing, commissioning, work force managment, training and more. The goal is to give utilities that are beginning the digitization of substations process, some valuable information to make the journey more effective and efficient.

  • Utility applications  
  • Challenges in adopting digital substations
  • Results from digital substation testing and field deployments 
Speakers
George Wegh
George Wegh, Director - Eversource
Richard Tuck
Richard Tuck, Supervisor – System Protection Standards - DOMINION ENERGY
Kelly Fox
Kelly Fox, Manager - Substation Operations - Center Point Energy
Chairperson
Brian Huey
Brian Huey - AT&T