WELCOME to the WPRC Archives which is the searchable database of all the papers presented at the annual Western Protective Relay Conference. All the papers starting with the first conference in 1974 are archived here. They can be searched by year, author and subject. 

These papers have always been available in the conference proceedings but it has been a long time wish of WPRC attendees that these papers can be cited and be easily available. This archive makes this wish come true. Over the years the format of the papers have gone through many changes as the technology of producing conference proceedings evolved – in the earlier years the papers were not in electronic form – so developing the archive to accommodate more than 50 years of proceedings was a challenge.

Washington State University (WSU) is the host of the Western Protective Relay Conference (WPRC) and several organizations within WSU are sponsors. The WSU Professional Education (WSU-PE) manages the conference logistics, and the Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC) and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) provide the professional support. The conference is guided by a Committee of industry experts who are prominent relay engineers in the power industry.  

The WPRC Archive is hosted by the ESIC website.