Updates of IEEE 519-2022 than IEEE 519-2014

• Title was changed from ‘Recommended Practice and Requirements’ to ‘Standard’.

• The constraints on even-order harmonic currents have been loosened. Prior to the current
limit tables, all even-order harmonics were restricted to a maximum of 25% of the individual
harmonic limits.
o For h<=6 -> Limits have increased from 25% to 50% of the individual limits shown in
the tables.
o For h>6 -> Limits have increased from 25% to 100% of the individual limits shown in
the tables.
• The scope has been expanded to include installations of distributed energy resources (DER)
and/or inverter-based resources (IBR) that point users toward IEEE standards 2800 or 1547 for
current distortion restrictions in the event that the total site's rated generation exceeds 10%
of the yearly average load demand. In the standard, Figure presents a Decision Tree for
determining if IEEE Std 519 current limitations are applicable at the PCC.

Annual Average Load Demand

Installation Type Standard Apply to
(%)
DER or IBR added with the Less than 10% IEEE 519
loads
DER or IBR added with the Higher than 10% IEEE 1547 or IEEE 2800
loads
Without DER or IBR - IEEE 519

IEEE 1547

In IEEE 1547 instead of THD the new term TRD comes into play. TRD is Total Rated-Current Distortion
and is the total root-sum-square of the current distortion components.

%TRD = √(Irms – I1) /Irated * 100%

I1 is the fundamental current as measured at the reference point of applicability (RPA).

Irated is the distributed energy resource (DER) rated current capacity (transformed to
the RPA when a transformer exists between the DER unit and the RPA)

Irms is the root-mean-square of the DER current, inclusive of all frequency components,
as measured at the RPA.