Abstract: A system and method for adaptive impedance protection in a power network. The method includes determining a measured impedance in an upstream interrupting device, determining an impedance set point in the upstream interrupting device, and identifying a predetermined percentage of the impedance set point. The method also includes determining if the measured impedance falls below the predetermined percentage, determining whether a change in a measured current value on the power line is less than a threshold change value in a downstream interrupting device, and sending the determination of whether the change in the measured current value is less than the threshold change value from the downstream interrupting device to the upstream interrupting device. The upstream interrupting device is opened if the measured impedance falls below the predetermined percentage of the impedance set point and the change in the measured current value is less than the threshold change value.