ACTIVSg82k: 82,000 bus synthetic grid on the footprint of SyntheticUSA

This ACTIVSg82k test case is a full United States synthetic grid, with 3 separate synthetic systems connected via HVDC lines: the ACTIVSg70k eastern case, the ACTIVSg10k western case, and the ACVIVSg2k Texas case.

This case covers 76 areas, has 28 zones, and 813 GW of load. It bears no relation to the actual grid in this location, except that generation and load profiles are similar, based on public data. The case is provided in PowerWorld format, including binary (PWB/PWD), PowerWorld auxiliary text format, Matpower format, PSS/E raw format, and PSLF epc format. More about the data formats.

Please contact Adam Birchfield (abirchfield@tamu.edu) for any questions regarding this case. The references for this case can be found here, in particular [1] for the base case and [4] for the economic data. Work [7] gives details for large systems with multiple areas and multiple voltage levels; [9] addresses reactive power planning and power flow convergence in the context of large synthetic power grids; [10] aims to extend synthetic network base cases for transient stability studies.

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