“…The single machine-infinite bus model, used in [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12] -which neglects the transient behaviour of the other generators as well as the interconnections between them, does not capture the typical multivariable nature with nonlinear complex coupling of power systems (see for instance the inter-area oscillations) and does not take into account the effect of the generator g m dynamics on the remote nework dynamics -is not used since interactions between the dynamics of the generator g m and the remote network machines are allowed: the transient behaviour of the remote generators states is allowed to depend on the local deviations of the generator states from the corresponding equilibrium values. Following the theoretical developments in [13], [14], [15] (even though they do not apply to the model considered in this paper in which an uncertain function multiplies the control input), a robust adaptive nonlinear feedback control is designed for the generator g m which does not assume the knowledge of the overall system parameters excepting for the machine damping and inertia constants. On the basis of upper and lower bounds on the uncertain model parameters, L 2 and L ∞ robustness and transient stabilization are guaranteed under a set of assumptions on the network dynamics which are weaker than those required by the single machine-infinite bus approximation.…”