Summary

IEC 61850 is moving from “promising” to “practical.” In this candid panel, ComEd, Salt River Project (SRP), and Southern Company tell us how they scaled beyond proofs-of-concept—what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d change next time.

Key Takeaways:

• ComEd’s phased path from early GOOSE pilots to fully digital substations
• SRP’s journey with centralization and virtualization
• Southern Company’s hard-won lessons from a recent process-bus pilots

Utility Panelists:
Anthony Sivesind
Executive Engineering Consultant
Salt River Project

Kevin Malpede
Principal Engineer
Commonwealth Edison

Carson Day
Principal Engineer
Georgia Power Company

Moderated by:
Chad Segal
Transmission and Distribution Projects Manager
Burns & McDonnell