ELECTRA June 2026

Editorial by Konstantin O. Papailiou, President of CIGRE: "Out of Africa"

Global Connections

• Resilience at the Edge: DER Integration Challenges for Information Systems, Telecommunications, and Cybersecurity

One Grid

• From Fragmentation to Coordination: How the Network Code on Demand Response Reshapes Demand-Side Flexibility in Europe
• Micro substations – Facilitating faster Grid Access
• Enhancing Transit Capacity to support the Energy Transition
• Oil Colour Change as a Non-Intrusive Field Indicator of Internal Arc Faults in Ester-Filled Transformers
• When the Stability Margin has no memory
• Subsea Energy Storage: A Technical Step-Change for Offshore Wind’s Next Phase - Part 1

Global Leadership Perspectives

• Interview: Alice Delahunty on engineering leadership, grid transformation and the end of the “trilemma”

Life of Association

• One Grid. One World. One Team
• Empowering Connections: Women Shaping the Energy Future
• Women in Energy Romania: Building Leadership, Community and Impact within CIGRE
• A Month in Guangzhou – Engineering, Culture, and Connection
• From Laboratories to the Power Grid: CIGRE Spain’s Initiative with Technological Research Centers
• 100 Years High-Speed Resistor-Type OLTCs (Jansen Patent) – A Historical Survey
• What are we looking for?
• Technical Council Awards 2026
• Distinguished Member Awards 2026

Annual Reports

• SC B3 - Substations and Electrical Installations
• SC B4 - DC systems and power SC electronics
• SC B5 - Protection and SC automation

Technical Brochures

• TB 984 - WG B1.80: Guidelines for Site Acceptance Testing of DTS and DAS TB Systems
• TB 985 - WG C5.37: Regulatory Framework on Modernization and Extension of Useful Life of Transmission/Distribution
• TB 986 - WG B3.61: Risk and asset health based decision making in existing TB substations
• TB 987 - WG C4.68: Electromagnetic Compatibility Issues in Modern and Future Power Systems