Power conversion by virtue of its basic role produces harmonics due to the slicing of either voltages or currents. To a large extent the pollution in the utility supply and the deterioration of the power quality has been generated or created by non-linear converters. It is therefore ironic that power converters should now be used to clean up the pollution that they helped to create in the first place. In a utility system, it is desirable to prevent harmonic currents (which result in EMI and resonance problems) and limit reactive power flows (which result in transmission losses). Traditionally, shunt passive filters, comprised of tuned LC elements and capacitor banks, were used to filter the harmonics and to compensate for reactive current due to non-linear loads. However, in practical applications these methods have many disadvantages.