IEEE Recommended Practice and 
Requirements for Harmonic Control in 
Electric Power Systems 
IEEE Power and Energy Society 
 
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Transmission and Distribution Committee 
IEEE 
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IEEE Std 519™-2014
(Revision of
IEEE Std 519-1992) 
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IEEE Std 519™-2014 
(Revision of 
IEEE Std 519-1992) 
IEEE Recommended Practice and 
Requirements for Harmonic Control in 
Electric Power Systems 
Sponsor 
 
Transmission and Distribution Committee 
of the 
IEEE Power and Energy Society 
 
 
Approved 27 March 2014 
 
IEEE-SA Standards Board 
 
  
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Abstract: Goals for the design of electrical systems that include both linear and nonlinear loads 
are established in this recommended practice. The voltage and current waveforms that may exist 
throughout the system are described, and waveform distortion goals for the system designer are 
established.  The  interface  between  sources  and  loads  is  described  as  the  point  of  common 
coupling  and  observance  of  the  design  goals  will  reduce  interference  between  electrical 
equipment.  
This  recommended  practice  addresses  steady-state  limitations.  Transient  conditions  exceeding 
these  limitations  may  be  encountered.  This  document  sets  the  quality  of  power  that  is  to  be 
provided  at  the  point  of  common  coupling.  This  document  does  not  cover  the  effects  of  radio-
frequency interference; however, guidance is offered for wired telephone systems. 
Keywords: harmonics, IEEE 519™, power quality 
 
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Participants 
At  the  time  this  IEEE  recommended  practice  was  completed,  the  Harmonics  Working  Group  had  the 
following membership: 
Reuben Burch  
Jim Burke  
Randy Collins  
Doug Dorr  
Russell Ehrlich  
Thomas Gentile  
David Gilmer  
Daryl Hallmark  
Dennis Hansen  
Fred Hensley  
Randy Horton  
Bill Howe 
John Kennedy  
Albert Keri  
 
Mark Halpin, Chair 
Roberto Langella  
Theo Laughner  
Mike Lowenstein  
Alex McEachern  
Mark McGranaghan  
Chris Melhorn  
William Moncrief  
Dave Mueller  
Marty Page  
Paulo Ribeiro  
Daniel Sabin  
Bob Saint  
Surya Santoso 
  
Ken Sedziol  
Harish Sharma  
Jeff Smith  
Nicholas Smith  
Mike Swearingen  
Steve Tatum  
Alfredo Testa  
Rao Thallam  
Timothy Unruh  
Dan Ward  
James Wikston  
Charlie Williams  
Wilson Xu  
Francisc Zavoda 
The  following  members  of  the  individual  balloting  committee  voted  on  this  recommended  practice. 
Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention. 
William Ackerman 
Ali Al Awazi 
Roy Alexander 
Saleman Alibhay 
Thomas Barnes 
G. Bartok 
David Bassett 
Thomas Basso 
Steven Bezner 
Wallace Binder 
Michael Bio 
Thomas Bishop 
William Bloethe 
Frederick Brockhurst 
Andrew Brown 
Gustavo Brunello 
Jeffrey Burnworth 
William Bush 
William Byrd 
Brent Cain 
Paul Cardinal 
Antonio Cardoso 
Keith Chow 
Robert Christman 
Bryan Cole 
Larry Conrad 
Stephen Conrad 
Luis Coronado 
Glenn Davis 
Andrew Dettloff 
Carlo Donati 
Gary Donner 
Neal Dowling 
Robert Durham 
Russell Ehrlich 
Gearold O. H. Eidhin 
Ahmed ElSerafi 
C. Erven 
Dan Evans 
Jorge Fernandez Daher 
William Finley 
Carl Fredericks 
Fredric Friend 
Doaa Galal 
David Garrett 
Thomas Gentile 
Kenneth Gettman 
David Gilmer 
Mietek Glinkowski 
Thomas Grebe 
Randall Groves 
Thomas Gruzs 
Erich Gunther 
Ajit Gwal 
Daryl Hallmark 
Robert Hanna 
Dennis Hansen 
Edward Hare 
Gregory Hartzo 
James Harvey 
Jeffrey Helzer 
Werner Hoelzl 
Robert Hoerauf 
Randy Horton 
Ronald Hotchkiss 
John Houdek 
Farris Jibril 
Brian Johnson 
Gerald Johnson 
Lars Juhlin 
Laszlo Kadar 
Innocent Kamwa 
Haran Karmaker 
John Kay 
Gael Kennedy 
John Kennedy 
Yuri Khersonsky 
Chad Kiger 
James Kinney 
Stanley Klein 
Joseph L. Koepfinger 
Edwin Kramer 
Jim Kulchisky 
Asok Kumar  
Senthil Kumar  
Saumen Kundu 
Chung-Yiu Lam 
Thomas La Rose 
Theo Laughner 
Wei-Jen Lee 
Steven Liggio 
Kevin Little 
Albert Livshitz 
William Lockley 
Lawrenc Long 
Greg Luri 
Richard Marek 
John Mcalhaney, Jr 
William McBride 
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