IEEE Recommended Practice and
Requirements for Harmonic Control in
Electric Power Systems
IEEE Power and Energy Society
Sponsored by the
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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