02 / Connect learning to the grid · Ontario entries rechecked 17 Oct 2026
Utility project watch.
A dated research snapshot, Ontario first, then selected international developments. Source dates and project stages are explicit. Learning applications are suggested exercises, not claims about a utility’s installed protection scheme.
Ontario · Transmission
North Shore Link
OEB notice of hearing EB-2026-0208 · engage by 26 Oct 2026
Hydro One Networks and HOSSM are asking the OEB for leave to construct about 105 km of new 230 kV double-circuit line from Mississagi TS to Third Line TS in Sault Ste. Marie, plus associated station expansions or upgrades. The OEB has issued a notice of hearing; input on hearing type and intervenor requests are due by 26 October 2026. A hearing is not construction approval.
Learning application · suggested. Create a fictional line-terminal trip matrix. Compare channel failure, breaker failure and backup-clearing paths.
Modules 5 · 6 · 8OEB notice of hearing (Hydro One)
Ontario · System expansion
Waterloo Wellington Power Line
Class EA ongoing · rechecked 17 Oct 2026
Hydro One lists a new 500/230 kV Wellington TS in Puslinch and a double-circuit 230 kV line to Preston TS, with four route alternatives under a Class Environmental Assessment. Its schedule shows consultation late 2026 to early 2027, a preferred route in mid-2027, construction from 2029 and energization in 2032; dates remain subject to change.
Learning application · suggested. Build a load-growth scenario in a small power-flow model. Explain when voltage or thermal limits justify reinforcement.
Modules 3 · 7 · 8Hydro One project page
Ontario · Transmission
Waasigan Transmission Line
Phase 1 in service on or about 15 Nov 2026 · Hydro One OEB filing
Hydro One’s OEB filing for Waasigan Transmission LP (filed 27 Mar 2026) expects Phase 1 in service on or about 15 November 2026, possibly up to 15 days earlier, and Phase 2 around December 2027. A September report likewise quoted a phase-one energization target of year-end 2026.
Learning application · suggested. Draft an energization-readiness checklist linking CT polarity, settings revisions, trip paths and end-to-end timing evidence.
Modules 1 · 5 · 6Hydro One OEB filing
Great Britain · Grid planning
National Grid’s Triton digital twin
Launched 29 Jan 2026
National Grid announced Triton, developed with Atos, to combine network datasets and support demand scenarios and reinforcement planning. This is a planning tool, not a claim of virtualized protection deployment.
Learning application · suggested. Model two demand futures and an outage. Document which inputs dominate the recommendation and how you validate them.
Modules 7 · 12National Grid release
United States · OT security
V-INT utility cybersecurity toolset
Completed research output 24 Jun 2025
DOE reported that a University of Arkansas collaboration with Bastazo and Network Perception produced V-INT, addressing asset exposure and complex firewall-policy assessment. The toolset was integrated with commercial platforms.
Learning application · suggested. Draw an isolated lab’s allowed data flows. Identify an overly broad firewall rule, explain its consequence and document a correction.
Modules 10 · 11U.S. Department of Energy
Technology watch · Digital substations
Virtualized protection & control
Vendor perspective 4 Jul 2025
GE Vernova discusses software-defined protection and control and the need to integrate cybersecurity with IT/OT coordination. This is technical context, not evidence that a named utility has commissioned a new installation.
Learning application · suggested. Compare a conventional IED architecture with a virtualized concept: timing, redundancy, failure domains, rollback and acceptance testing.
Modules 10 · 11 · 12GE Vernova technical perspective
Ontario entries were rechecked on 17 Oct 2026 against Hydro One and OEB documents. The international entries are supporting technology context, not new October 2026 announcements. Waasigan schedule context also sits on the Hydro One project overview.