The ISPLC conference was started in 1997 by communications researchers in Europe and Asia as a forum for the discussion of the issues associated with the use of electrical power distribution wires as a viable communication channel. These pioneers have been joined by an international team of academics and industrial researchers, as well as regulators, who made ISPLC the leading technical conference in the field of Power Line Communications. 

ISPLC is held annually in Spring (typically between late March and early April) at different locations. The contributions presented at ISPLC span all aspects of communications over power lines, including access, home networking, in-vehicle applications, utility applications, and more. 

Further details on ISPLC history (including past Conference Proceedings) can be found at http://www.isplc.org

Since 2006, ISPLC is financially and technically sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) and has become the flagship conference of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Power Line Communications (IEEE TC-PLC).