A system, comprising: a control system configured to operate a drive in an industrial automation system, wherein the industrial automation system comprises one or more electrical components electrically coupled to the drive; one or more acoustic sensors configured to detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components; a monitoring system configured to: receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors; determine whether the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms; and send a notification to the control system when the at least one of the electrical components is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, wherein the notification indicates that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge, wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine whether the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge by: receiving a voltage signal that corresponds to a voltage being applied to the at least one of the electrical components; and determining that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge when the acoustic waveforms are synchronized with the peak of the voltage signal. a control system configured to operate a drive in an industrial automation system, wherein the industrial automation system comprises one or more electrical components electrically coupled to the drive; one or more acoustic sensors configured to detect one or more acoustic waveforms generated within at least one of the electrical components; a monitoring system configured to: receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors; determine whether the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms; and send a notification to the control system when the at least one of the electrical components is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, wherein the notification indicates that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge, receive the acoustic waveforms from the acoustic sensors; determine whether the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge based on the acoustic waveforms; and send a notification to the control system when the at least one of the electrical components is determined to be experiencing partial discharge, wherein the notification indicates that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge, wherein the monitoring system is configured to determine whether the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge by: receiving a voltage signal that corresponds to a voltage being applied to the at least one of the electrical components; and determining that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge when the acoustic waveforms are synchronized with the peak of the voltage signal. receiving a voltage signal that corresponds to a voltage being applied to the at least one of the electrical components; and determining that the at least one of the electrical components is experiencing partial discharge when the acoustic waveforms are synchronized with the peak of the voltage signal.