The field of power systems is moving towards decentralized control and increased integration of renewable energy sources. Researchers are exploring new methods for voltage control, such as decentralized Volt/VAr control and contraction stability analysis, to improve the stability and efficiency of distribution networks. The integration of renewable energy sources, such as solar PV, is also being addressed through the development of new converter topologies and control strategies. Additionally, there is a growing interest in leveraging predictions and adaptive approaches to optimize voltage control and renewable energy installation. Notable papers in this area include:

• A paper on decentralized local voltage control, which proposes a novel method for Volt/VAr control based on a saddle-point reformulation and consensus+innovation updates.
• A paper on voltage synchronization and proportional current sharing of grid-forming inverters, which proposes a contraction-based controller to guarantee large-signal stability.
• A paper on scalable synthesis and verification of string stable neural certificates for interconnected systems, which establishes a formal framework for synthesizing and verifying discrete-time scalable input-to-state stability certificates for neural network-based interconnected systems.