Ethan Volkov
Power Systems Engineer
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Power systems engineer working in utility infrastructure with a focus on substations, protection systems, and grid reliability projects. Most of my work involves supporting upgrades to existing systems, coordinating with field teams, and troubleshooting issues that come up during commissioning and outage work.
Electrical
Energy
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Professional Background
16 years
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Technical Interests & Expertise
ETAP
SEL Relays
Protection Coordination Studies
Substation Review
Load Flow Analysis
Arc flash studies
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As we push more automation into substations and feeders, the grid reminds you it isn't a clean lab. We rolled out a FLISR scheme using SEL relays, an RTAC, GOOSE, and PTP. First big storm, comm latency and stale DER telemetry had two reclosers hunting topology changes. We fixed it with hold-off timers, state voting, QoS on the radio links, and data-age checks before any trip/close.On the robotics side, ground robots for substation inspections cut crew exposure and kept patrols going in ice...