Several countries, regions, and states are leading the shift to electricity systems increasingly powered by inverter-based resources. Complementary storage, efficiency, and smart grid technologies are helping advance this transition, along with increased sector coupling. Countries around the world are seeking to follow this path to modern, secure, advanced energy systems to meet a range of economic, environmental, and reliability goals. However, governments, system operators, manufacturers and other industry, research and educational institutes, and other actors face significant challenges in acquiring and applying the requisite knowledge to rapidly transform power systems.
There is a clear need for a global consortium to overcome these common barriers across all regions and advance the modernization of power systems at unprecedented scope and scale. To address this need, the Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium, an expert- and practitioner-driven initiative, engages key power system operators, research and educational institutions, governments, businesses, and stakeholders in all regions of the world.
The G-PST Consortium provides coordinated, holistic support and knowledge infusion for system operators pursuing advanced power systems, including performing cutting-edge research; providing implementation support for world-class engineering and operational solutions; supporting workforce development; building and disseminating open-access data and tools; and accelerating localized technology adoption, standards development, and testing programs of G-PST.
We work in the following six technical focus areas, leveraging across the action pillars to maximize our impact in delivering technical solutions to system operators and our other industry partners.
 System needs and services |
Development of new frameworks for assessing system needs and services to balance and maintain reliability and stability of the grid including identifying new technologies, and the codes, standards, tariff structures, and market mechanisms necessary for their deployment |
 Stability assessment |
Development and deployment of new tools as well as supporting computational efficiency and advanced control room technologies for conducting stability assessments for complex power systems with large electricity loads and high shares of inverter-based resources |
| Demonstration, verification, and development of scalable, codifiable requirements and standards to help align manufacturers and systems operators on grid forming resources and their provision of stability services in highly inverter-based power systems | Development of new methodologies, metrics, and criteria for resource adequacy assessment and integrated system planning | ||
| Development and implementation of advanced operational capabilities for system operator control rooms including probabilistic and risk-based methods, advanced forecasting for large loads and DERs, automation tools, situational awareness, and decision support tools |
 Distributed energy resources (DERs) |
Development of DER architecture, operation, and impact tools and approaches to support optimal deployment of these resources and utilization of DERs to provide stability services to the bulk power system |
Our Operating Principles
- “Get Stuff Done” – Focus on practical action and results
- Remain driven by needs of implementers (e.g., system operators, regulators, businesses)
- Enable access to the world’s best expertise, tools, and solutions with rigorous quality control and objective products and activities
- Absolutely no advocacy, promotion of business interests, or prescriptive solutions
- Balance developing and developed country leadership
- Ensure broad perspectives and representation in power system transformation workforce and solutions
- Operate through distributed leadership and implementation that reinforces and complements existing programs with an efficient administrative structure
Learn more about G-PST’s activities by exploring our overview brochure and informational videos.
PILLAR 1
System Operator Research & Peer Learning
Perform and globally disseminate cutting edge applied research to solve pressing challenges for the world’s leading system operators.
PILLAR 2
System Operator Technical Support
Provide implementation support to scale established best practice engineering and operational solutions for partner country system operators.
PILLAR 3
Workforce Development
Build the inclusive and diverse workforce of tomorrow through enhanced university curriculum and technical upskilling for utility and system operator staff.