An automatic reset discrimination circuit for automatically discriminating whether to automatically reset an electronic protection device following a tripping of the electronic protection device, the circuit comprising: a trip mechanism that, when actuated, trips the electronic protection device, disconnecting a load protected by the electronic protection device from a power source; a reset circuit including a reset mechanism and a reset energy storage device, the reset mechanism including a reset actuator coil that, when actuated, causes the reset mechanism to reset the electronic protection device thereby reconnecting the load to the power source, the reset energy storage device being connected to the reset actuator coil; and a controller having a reset control output connected to the reset circuit, characterized in that the controller further includes a fault discrimination module for analyzing measurement signals indicative of an electrical characteristic of power drawn by the load from a plurality of current phases supplied by the power source, and wherein the detection of the fault condition not calling for an automatic reset is carried out by the fault discrimination module that is configured to analyze the measurement signals to detect a fault condition, discriminate a type of the fault condition, and determine whether to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting based on the discriminated type of the fault condition; and the controller is configured to, in response to determining to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device, cause the reset energy storage device to discharge to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device and, in response to determining not to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device, cause the reset circuit to actuate. a trip mechanism that, when actuated, trips the electronic protection device, disconnecting a load protected by the electronic protection device from a power source; a reset circuit including a reset mechanism and a reset energy storage device, the reset mechanism including a reset actuator coil that, when actuated, causes the reset mechanism to reset the electronic protection device thereby reconnecting the load to the power source, the reset energy storage device being connected to the reset actuator coil; and a controller having a reset control output connected to the reset circuit, the controller further includes a fault discrimination module for analyzing measurement signals indicative of an electrical characteristic of power drawn by the load from a plurality of current phases supplied by the power source, and wherein the detection of the fault condition not calling for an automatic reset is carried out by the fault discrimination module that is configured to analyze the measurement signals to detect a fault condition, discriminate a type of the fault condition, and determine whether to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting based on the discriminated type of the fault condition; and the controller is configured to, in response to determining to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device, cause the reset energy storage device to discharge to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device and, in response to determining not to prevent the reset circuit from automatically resetting the electronic protection device, cause the reset circuit to actuate.