“…Hesse [7,8] has pointed out that I^R losses due to zero- switching operations have been one of the controlling factors in the design of EHV air-insulated structures [10,11]. The improvements in EHV power circuit breakers have been carried out by many researchers over the years [12,13,14]. With these improvements, overvoItages caused by energization or re-energization of lines can now be made so low that the limiting factor determining how much the line insulation may be reduced might be determined by the overvoltage produced by single-line-to-ground fault [15,16].…”