GB/T 33592-2026Specification for the operation and control of distributed resources connected to the power grid (English PDF)

3 Terms and definitions

4 Overall requirements

5 Start-up and shutdown control

6 Active power

7 Primary frequency regulation

8 Reactive power and voltage

9 Fault ride-through

10 Operational adaptability

11 Relay protection

12 Communication and automation

13 Management of the grid-connected operation, maintenance and overhaul

14 Test methods

Foreword

This document was issued on 2 July 2026 by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China, and takes effect on 1 February 2027.

It replaces GB/T 33592-2017, which remains in force until that date.

The document is under the responsibility of the China Electricity Council.

Classification: ICS 29.020, CCS F 21.

3 Classification and status

GB/T 33592-2026 is classified under ICS 29.020, in the field of electrical engineering. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS F 21. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB/T prefix marks a recommended national standard. It is not, in itself, law: it becomes binding when a contract names it, when a regulation or a mandatory standard refers to it, or when a producer declares conformity with it. In practice that covers most of the cases in which it will be read — a purchase specification, an inspection agreement or a certification scheme.