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Abstract : A distribution system is connected with many non-linear loads, and generated harmonies are mitigated by using distribution static compensator DSTATCOM0 which is coupled at the point of common coupling through a voltage source inverter (VSI) and filter circuit. High-frequency switching ripples are generated along with the output of the VSI during pulse width modulation switching. Inductor-capacitor-inductor LCL filter is used to suppress the high frequency switching noises. Still, the primary concern about the LCL filter is generation of resonance peak at the resonance frequency. The conventional synchronous reference frame dq current controller with LCL filter has a complex coupling between d and q axis; hence decoupling is very difficult. This research article presents a new technique based on active damped dual loop alpha beta-frame current controllers to control the DSTATCOM with LCL filter for achieving improved load compensation. The dual loop controller is enhanced by using capacitor current in the inside loop and grid current at the outside loop with proportional resonant PR regulator parallel with harmonic compensator HC. The proposed method effectively dampens the resonance peak under stationary reference frame alpha beta. The PR controller offers unlimited gain at the fundamental frequency and HC can offer more gain at the specific harmonic frequencies. Hence, characteristics of the PR and HC controllers used together to achieve minimum steady-state error and the problematic decoupling are ignored. The complete DSTATCOM model with proposed control scheme is discussed with PR and PR + HC controllers separately under balanced, unbalanced source voltage. Stability analysis is carried out through Bode and pole-zero plots to judge the performance of the proposed current controllers. The obtained results, including total harmonic distortion of the source current, are compared with conventional passive damped -frame current controller.