A numerical example clarifies the relationships.

For instance, if
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉3∅ = 30,000 𝑘𝑉𝐴

And, 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝐾𝑉𝐿𝐿 = 120 𝑘𝑉𝐴

Where subscripts 3∅ and 𝐿𝐿 means “three-phase” and “line to line,” respectively
30,000
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐴1∅ = = 10,000 𝑘𝑉𝐴
3
120
And, 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐿𝑁 = = 69.2 𝑘𝑉
√3

For an actual line-to-line voltage of 108 kV in a balanced three-phase set the line to
103
neutral voltage is = 62.3 𝑘𝑉, and
√3

108 62.3
𝑃𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 = = = 0.90
120 69.3
For total three-phase power of 18,000 kW, the power per phase is 6000 kW, and
18,000 6,000
𝑃𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = = 0.6
30,000 10,000
Unless otherwise specified, a given value of base voltage in a three-phase system is a
line-to-line voltage, and a give value of base kilovoltamperes or base megavoltamperes
is the total three-phase base.

Base impedance and base current can be computed directly from three-phase values
of base kilovolts and base kilovoltamperes. If we interpret base kilovoltamperes and
base voltage in kilovolts to mean base kilovoltamperes for the total of the three phases
and base voltage from line to line, we find
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐴3∅
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
√3 × 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐿𝐿
𝑘𝑉𝐿𝐿 2
(𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒, ) × 1000
√3
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐴3∅
3

(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝐾𝑉𝐿𝐿 )2 × 1000

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 =
𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑉𝐴3∅

(𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑘𝑉𝐿𝐿 )2

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 =
𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑀𝑉𝐴3∅