ETAP Power System Analysis: Load Flow, Short Circuit, Protection, Arc Flash and Stability

Yes, ETAP is a commercial power system analysis tool used for real design and operations work. ETAP describes its software as serving all stages of the electrical system lifecycle for utilities, infrastructure, industries and buildings, and lists sectors such as data centres, renewables, energy and chemicals, and metals and mining. The studies in this course, from load flow and short circuit to protection coordination and arc flash, are the ones those projects ask for.

Arc flash calculations are most often done to IEEE 1584-2018, the IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations. IEEE lists it as an active standard and says it covers three-phase AC equipment with nominal voltages from 208 V to 15 kV, giving the arc-flash boundary and the incident energy a worker could be exposed to. ETAP states that its arc flash module is compliant with IEEE 1584-2018 and NFPA guidelines, which is how the course's arc flash module is run.

IEC 60909 is the international standard for calculating short-circuit currents in three-phase AC systems. The IEC says Part 0 applies to low-voltage and high-voltage systems at 50 Hz or 60 Hz and gives a general, practical procedure for balanced and unbalanced faults; the IEC has published a 2026 edition that replaces the 2016 one. The course runs short-circuit studies in ETAP by both IEC 60909 and ANSI methods.

The demo and student editions cover most exercises; the course teaches the method so it transfers to any release or to a licensed seat at work.

It is applied: every study is introduced with the theory needed to set it up and read the result, then run in ETAP.

Utilities, EPC contractors, industrial plants, data centres, oil and gas, renewables and every consultant who signs an electrical design.

Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.

An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a vendor credential and is never described as one.

The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.

Plan on about 36 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the fourteen modules at your own speed.

No. The lab is optional practice. You can skip it whenever you like, and it never blocks your progress, the final assessment or your certificate.

Yes. Every lab level for this course opens in your browser, free, with nothing to install.

The ETAP Power System Analysis course has 15 modules. It opens with "ETAP, the Studies and the Interface", goes through "Single-Line Diagram and Component Modelling", "Short-Circuit Analysis (IEC 60909 and ANSI)", "Capacitor Banks and Power Factor Improvement" and "Earthing and Ground Grid Design" and ends with "Final Assessment". The full list with minutes is under "What you learn" on this page.

After the ETAP Power System Analysis course: Model a network in ETAP with nameplate data and run load flow; Size cables and transformers and use tap changers; Run IEC 60909 and ANSI short circuit and select breakers by device duty. These are the practical outcomes the course is written around, and the final assessment of 15 questions checks them.

For the ETAP Power System Analysis course, software: ETAP (demo, student or licensed release; any recent version). Hardware: none required. The course itself is free.

ETAP Power System Analysis is rated intermediate. Intermediate. Assumes basic electrical engineering: three-phase circuits, transformers and protection concepts. It is written for engineering students, apprentices, technicians and working engineers in electrical design and panel building, and takes about 9.5 hours at your own pace.

Skills from the ETAP Power System Analysis course (for example: model a network in ETAP with nameplate data and run load flow) are used in roles such as electrical design engineer, panel designer, electrical technician and maintenance engineer, and in electrical engineer work. The course gives you practical evidence of the skill; it does not promise a job, and employers decide on experience and interview.