Synchrophasors Point the Way: The Emergence of a New Technology

I was a test engineer in the laboratory Division at the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in 1987. They needed someone to design, implement, and conduct a field test of a new computer-based device that measured the phasor equivalent of voltage and current sine waves. Knowing little about the technology and method, I went to a project meeting where Prof. Arun Phadke from Virginia Tech (VT), the principal investigator and primary creator of the concept, was leading the planning.