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1 Commercial Software
1.1 Advanced Grounding Concepts (WinIGS)
1.2 ASPEN
1.3 BCP Switzerland (NEPLAN)
1.4 Commonwealth Associates (Transmission 2000)
1.5 CYME
1.6 DIgSILENT (PowerFactory)
1.7 DNV GL (SynerGEE Electric)
1.8 Energy Computer Systems (SPARD)
1.9 Electrocon (CAPE)
1.10 EMTP-RV
1.11 EPFL (SIMSEN)
1.12 ERACS
1.13 EasyPower
1.14 ETAP
1.15 GDF Suez (Eurostag)
1.16 GE Energy (PSLF)
1.17 IPSA Power
1.18 KEPCO (KW-PSS)
1.19 MILSOFT (Windmil)
1.20 Manitoba HVDC Research Centre (PSCAD and SIMPOW)
1.21 MathWorks (SimPowerSystems)
1.22 MicroTran
1.23 Nexant (SCOPE)
1.24 Phase to Phase (Vision Network Analysis)
1.25 Power Analytics (EDSA)
1.26 Powertech Labs (DSATools)
1.27 PowerWorld
1.28 PRDC (MiPower)
1.29 ReticMaster
1.30 SES & Technologies (CDEGS)
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Commercial Software
Advanced Grounding Concepts (WinIGS)
WinIGS (http://www.ap-concepts.com/win_igs_overview.htm) is software for "Integrated Grounding
System" (IGS) analysis. It has a straightforward graphical user interface (GUI) allowing quick and simple
modelling of ground grids. After creating the model, you can observe effects of different fault current
magnitudes applied to the grid and identify areas where touch and step voltage potential thresholds are
exceeded (see Earthing Calculation - Touch and Step Potential Criteria
(http://www.openelectrical.org/wiki/index.php?
title=Earthing_Calculation#Step_5:_Touch_and_Step_Potential_Criteria_2) . If necessary, one can easily go
back to the model and mitigate for those personnel safety violations by adding bare copper conductor and
ground rods (see general note below).
Software Note: Soil resistivity layer profiles are limited to two layers. The benefit is extremely
quick solution times compared to a program that may run for an hour or so with a complicated
soil model. Unfortunately, the results may not be as accurate and this could be life-threatening in
areas with larger fault current sources and undersized ground grids.
The second function is the lightning analysis tool. There is a preset 3D library of substation equipment (bulk
supply transformers, circuit breakers, switches, rigid bus structures, etc) where the user can input length,
width, and height dimensions to create a full replica of the substation to then use for lightning protection
design in the form of lightning mast structures and static shield wire. If one wants to save time and be more
conservative, they can easily model all of the equipment as blocks. The tool allows one to apply either fixed
angel theorem (recommended for 69kV, 350kV-BIL systems or below) or the rolling sphere method (some
69kV, 350kV-BIL yards and typically voltages above 69kV), but not both simultaneously (at this time). Note
that it is easy to switch between the two when observing different sections of the substation yard. See IEEE
998-1996, Guide for Direct Lightning Stroke Shielding of Substations for more information on lightning
protection.
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General Note: The size of copper depends on the available amount of fault current, and typical
sizes are 4/0 (212kcmil), 250kcmil, 300kcmil, 350kcmil, and 500kcmil. Ground rods are
typically Copperweld copper-clad (copper-covered) steel, and are 8ft or 10ft. They can also be
coupled together to achieve desireable, lower resistivity soil layers that may
See the website for a description of the expanded capabilities in the program, such as modelling remote
substations as one network and calculating the system impedance, and others.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
ASPEN
ASPEN (http://www.aspeninc.com/) (Advanced Systems for Power Engineering) are a California based
company that develops the following separate Windows platform products:
OneLiner - short circuit and relay coordination program (and the Breaker Rating Module add-on
checks the rating of circuit breakers against the short circuit currents they need to interrupt)
DistriView - integrated suite of voltage drop, short circuit, relay coordination, and harmonics
and reliability calculation software for utility distribution systems
Power Flow Program - power flow program designed for the planning, design and operating
studies of transmission, sub-transmission and distribution networks (includes a BASIC-style
scripting language)
Line Constants Program - calculates electrical parameters of overhead transmission lines and
underground cables
Relay Database - a repository of relay information for electric utilities and industrial facilities
Line Database - an electronic depository of data related to power lines and cables
CYME
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CYME International (http://www.cyme.com/) is a Canadian firm (now part of the Cooper Power Systems
family) that develops an integrated suite of modular power engineering applications, as well as standalone
applications for cable ampacity calculations and electromagnetic transients.
The integrated suite has a range of functions including load flow, short circuit, OPF, load balancing, load
allocation / estimation, optimal capacitor placement, network forecaster, reliability, transient stability,
harmonic analysis, dynamic motor starting, contingency, protection coordination, switching optimisation,
GIS overlay, earthing grid design and arc flash analysis.
DIgSILENT (PowerFactory)
DIgSILENT GmbH (http://www.digsilent.com/) is a German company that develops PowerFactory, a
Windows-based integrated power systems modelling and analysis package. DIgSILENT PowerFactory is
easy to use and caters for all standard power system analysis needs, including high-end applications in new
technologies such as wind power and distributed generation and the handling of very large power systems. In
addition to the stand-alone solution, the PowerFactory engine can be smoothly integrated into GIS, DMS and
EMS supporting open system standards.
Some of the functions include power flow analysis, fault analysis, stability analysis, network reduction,
protection analysis, electromagnetic transients analysis, motor starting analysis, OPF, harmonic load flow,
state estimation, contingency and reliability assessments, overhead line and cable parameter calculation,
distribution network analysis, eigenvalue / modal analysis.
Features include a C++ style scripting language called the DPL and a single, integrated, flexible database.
Electrocon (CAPE)
Electrocon International (http://www.electrocon.com/) are a Michigan based company and developers of the
Computer Aided Protection Engineering (CAPE) software, a Windows-platform protection tool designed for
high voltage transmission systems and distribution systems within electric power utilities. CAPE was first
released in 1990.
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Functions include short circuit analysis, protection coordination, relay settings and checking with a system
simulator, load flow, OPF, short circuit reduction, breaker duty evaluation and line constants calculations.
EMTP-RV
EMTP-RV (http://emtp.com/) was first developed by Prof. Hermann Dommel in the 60s/70s for the analysis
of electromagnetic transients. It was commercialised in 1987 and the current commercial developer is
POWERSYS (http://www.powersys-solutions.com/) .
EPFL (SIMSEN)
SIMSEN (http://simsen.epfl.ch/) is a simulation software package for the analysis of power systems and
adjustable speed drives. It is developed by the cole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL)
(http://www.epfl.ch) . Analysis features include the simulation of electromagnetic transients in AC/DC
networks, transient stability, general fault analysis and sub-synchronous Resonance (SSR).
ERACS
ERA Technology (http://www.era.co.uk/services/electrical-power-systems-analysis-software/) are a UKbased consultancy that also develop the power system analysis program ERACS. Features include: load flow,
short circuit, arc flash analysis, harmonic studies, transient stability and protection coordination.
EasyPower
EasyPower LLC (http://www.easypower.com/) , founded in 1990 and based in Oregon, are the developers of
EasyPower, an integrated power systems analysis software, with an array of products such as EasyPower,
EasySolv, SafetyTracker and Oneline Designer. The flagship product, EasyPower, includes the
following modules: arc flash analysis, power flow, short circuit, OPF, protective device coordination,
dynamic stability, transient motor starting, and harmonic analysis.
Additional workflow enhancing modules include SmartPDC, which automates protective device
coordination, and SmartDesign which automatically sizes feeders, breakers, switchgear, fuses, busway,
MCCs, panels, etc to NEC requirements. The ScenarioManager feature allows the study of multiple system
scenarios on the fly.
Oneline Designer is a cost effective solution for people who are dedicated to creating onelines, as well as
system data collection and entry.
ETAP
Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Irvine, California, ETAP (http://etap.com/) is a company specialising
in electrical power system modeling, design, analysis, optimization, and predictive real-time solutions. To
date, more than 50,000 licenses of the Companys ETAP and ETAP Real-Time products have been used in
generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial power system projects around the world.
Functions include arc flash analysis, load flow analysis, short circuit analysis, motor starting, OPF, transient
stability analysis, generator start-up, parameter estimation, cable sizing, transformer tap optimization,
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reliability assessment, transmission line constant calculations, harmonic analysis, protection coordination, dc
load flow, battery discharge and sizing, earth grid design, cable pulling, and GIS map integration.
GE Energy (PSLF)
GE Energy (http://site.ge-energy.com/prod_serv/products/utility_software/en/ge_pslf/index.htm) develop a
range of utility software including PSLF (Positive Sequence Load Flow), a suite of analytical tools that can
simulate large-scale power systems up to 60,000 buses.
Functions include load flow, OPF, short circuit and dynamic simulation. Includes support for a scripting
language called EPCL.
IPSA Power
IPSA Power (http://www.ipsa-power.com/) is a division of UK company TNEI (http://www.tnei.co.uk/) that
develops the IPSA (Interactive Power System Analsysis) software package. IPSA was started as a PhD
project in 1954 and the first commercial version was released in 1980.
Functions include load flow, short circuit, OPF, transient and dynamic stability, harmonic analysis,
protection coordination. A Python-based scripting language is supported, as well as an open API for use in
other applications (with Visual Basic / VBA, C/C++ and Fortran bindings).
KEPCO (KW-PSS)
KEPCO Research Institute (http://www.kepri.re.kr:8080/kwpss/eng/info/01.jsp) is a branch of the Korean
company KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation) (http://www.kepco.co.kr/eng) . In 2002, they started
development on KW-PSS, a power systems analysis package with the following modules: Power Flow
Analysis & Fault Analysis, Transient Stability Analysis, Voltage Stability Analysis, Small Signal Stability
Analysis and Optimal Power Flow & Optimal Capacitor Placement.
MILSOFT (Windmil)
MILSOFT Utility Solutions (http://milsoft.com/) are a Texas based company that develops Windmil, an
electric distribution system planning and analysis package. Functions include load flow and voltage drop
modeling, reliability analysis, contingency and sectionalizing studies, OPF, short circuit and fault current
calculations, protective device coordination and arc flash hazard analysis.
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Manitoba Hydro International (http://www.hydro.mb.ca/) is a Canadian company with a research arm called
the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre that develops the software packages PSCAD (also known as
PSCAD/EMTDC) (http://pscad.com/) and SIMPOW (http://simpow.com/) .
PSCAD (http://pscad.com/) is an electromagnetic time domain transient simulation environment and study
tool, created in 1988 and first released commercially in 1993. It is a multi-purpose dynamic simulator with
particular specialisation in HVDC applications.
SIMPOW (http://simpow.com/) is an integrated power systems analysis software package. Functions include
load flow, short circuit, transient stability, voltage stability, small signal stability, SSR analysis, harmonic
analysis and frequency scans.
MathWorks (SimPowerSystems)
Mathworks (http://www.mathworks.com/products/simpower/) , the makers of general purpose mathematical
software MATLAB, also develop an power systems simulation program. SimPowerSystems is a tool that
extends MATLAB's Simulink and provides models of many components used in power systems, including
three-phase machines, electric drives, and libraries of application-specific models such as Flexible AC
Transmission Systems (FACTS) and wind-power generation. Harmonic analysis, calculation of Total
Harmonic Distortion (THD), load flow, and other key power system analyses are automated.
MicroTran
MicroTran Power Systems Analysis Corporation (http://www.microtran.com/index.html) is a spinoff
company of the University of British Columbia (UBC) (http://www.ubc.ca/) , where the founders H. W.
Dommel, J. R. Marti and L. Marti are (or were once) based. MicroTran is the UBC version of the
electromagnetic transients program EMTP.
Nexant (SCOPE)
Nexant (http://www.nexant.com/ess/product_scope.aspx) is a California based company that develop
SCOPE, an integrated set of power system analysis tools intended for network operations. Functions include
load flow, contingency analysis, security constrained OPF and market simulations.
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Functions include load flow, short circuit, arc flash simulations, OPF, reliability and capacity, protection
coordination, optimal sizing and placement of reactive power sources, dynamic simulations, harmonic
analysis, sizing tools (battery, cable, generator set, conduit, motor parameter estimation, etc), cable pulling
and earth grid design.
PowerWorld
PowerWorld Corporation (http://www.powerworld.com/) are a Champaign, Illinois based firm that develop
the PowerWorld Simulator suite of power systems analysis tools for Windows. The software focuses on a
visual approach to power system simulation.
Functions include load flow, short circuit, contingency analysis, sensitivity calculations, security constrained
OPF, transient stability, transmission line parameter calculations. Includes scripting support.
PRDC (MiPower)
MiPower (http://www.prdcinfotech.com/products.html) is an Indian product developed by Power Research
and Development Consultants (PRDC) (http://www.prdcinfotech.com) - a Bangalore based consulting and
software development company. MiPower is the flagship product of PRDC comprising of a wide range of
software applications for the design, analysis and simulation of electrical power system (transmission,
distribution and generation systems). PRDC also owns several other products like Hydro-thermal Coordination, Web-based packages, Renewable Energy Scheduling, Energy Auditing, Automated Fault
Analysis System and several other hardware and firmware for the power system community.
The history of MiPower dates back to a few decades and was among the first products that had a graphical
user interface. MiPower has been built with expertise from over four decades of system operation, consulting
and R&D in a country with one of the world's largest and most complex networks. Today, MiPower is based
on the state-of-the-art technologies and runs on the latest Windows Operating System. Users of MiPower
range from Canada to Japan and UK to Fiji Islands.
The functions of MiPower include load flow, short circuit, Eigenvalue analysis, 3-phase load flow (3pLFA),
optimal power flow, contingency ranking and analysis, transient stability, motor starting, protection, EMT
analysis, harmonic analysis, SSR, voltage stability analysis, long-term forecasting, network reduction,
ground grid design, reliability, DC load flow and short circuit and battery sizing.
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ReticMaster
ReticMaster (http://reticmaster.com) is a Windows-based tool from South Africa designed for the analysis of
radial networks. Functions include load flow, short circuit, motor starting and protection coordination.
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Siemens PTI (http://www.energy.siemens.com/us/en/services/power-transmission-distribution/powertechnologies-international/) is the consulting, software and training arm of Siemens AG. Siemens PTI offers
the Power Systems Simulator (PSS) product suite, which includes among others:
PSSE
PSSSINCAL
The Power System Simulator for Engineering (PSS/E)
(http://www.energy.siemens.com/hq/en/services/power-transmission-distribution/power-technologiesinternational/software-solutions/pss-e.htm) was one of the first GUI-based power systems analysis software,
and was first released in 1976. It was purchased by Siemens in 2005.
Functions include load flow, short circuit, dynamic simulations, OPF, contingency analysis (probabilistic and
deterministic), protection, eigenvalue / modal analysis, harmonics and small signal stability. User-defined
scripts can be created using a Python-style scripting language.
Siemens Network Calculator (SINCAL) (http://www.energy.siemens.com/us/en/services/powertransmission-distribution/power-technologies-international/software-solutions/pss-sincal.htm) is a software
pacakage with planning tools for electricity as well as pipe networks (gas, water, heating / cooling).
Functions relevant to power systems analysis include load flow (balanced and unbalanced), short circuit,
time-domain dynamic simulations, eigenvalue and modal analysis (integrated with PSSNETOMAC),
harmonic analysis, protection simulations (integrated with PSSPDMS), reliability and contingency
analysis.
Tom (PASHA)
TOM Industrial Consultants CAD / CAM (http://www.tomcad.com/) are an Iranian company and the
developers of PASHA (Power Apparatus & System Homological Analysis). PASHA modules include load
flow, short circuit, OPF, transient stability, motor starting, motor parameter estimation, reliability, harmonic
analysis and protection.
Non-Commercial Software
AMES
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DCOPFJ
DCOPFJ (http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/DCOPFJHome.htm) is a free open source "Java solver for
bid/offer-based DC optimal power flow (DC-OPF) problems suitable for research, teaching, and training
applications. The DCOPFJ package consists of two linked parts: an internal solver QuadProgJ for strictly
convex quadratic programming problems, and an outer shell that automates input data preprocessing and
output data display".
ATP-EMTP
The Alternative Transients Program (ATP) (http://www.emtp.org/) is a free (closed source) program for the
digital simulation of electromagnetic (and electromechanical) transient phenomena. ATP-EMTP was first
developed in 1984.
Dome
Dome (http://www3.uclm.es/profesorado/federico.milano/software.htm) is a Python-based project by
Frederico Milano (creator of PSAT). Dome is a command-line application and can currently solve load
flows, continuation power flow, time domain simulation including the quasi-static one, small signal stability
analysis and optimal power flow.
Elplek
Elplek (http://pp.kpnet.fi/ijl/) is a freeware short circuit, protection coordination and load flow calculation
application for Windows developed by Ilkka Leikkonen.
InterPSS
InterPSS (Internet technology based Power System Simulator) (http://community.interpss.org/) is a free,
open source power systems analysis package built in Java by a team of international developers from the US,
Canada and China. InterPSS is an integrated package that can run load flow, short circuit, transient stability
and power transfer analysis.
MatDyn
MatDyn (http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/electa/teaching/matdyn/) is an open source extension of MATPOWER
for the dynamic analysis of power systems. Following on from the MATPOWER philosophy, "it is intended
as a simulation tool for researchers and educators that is easy to use and modify."
MATPOWER
MATPOWER (http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/matpower/) is a Matlab-based power systems simulation
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package developed at Cornell University. MATPOWER can solve load flow and optimal power flow
problems, and "is intended as a simulation tool for researchers and educators that is easy to use and modify".
OpenDSS
OpenDSS (Distribution System Simulator) (http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/electricdss/index.php?
title=Main_Page) is an open source project by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). OpenDSS is
Windows-based and "supports all rms steady-state (frequency domain) analyses commonly performed on
electric power distribution systems, such as power flow, harmonic analysis and fault current calculations."
PSAT
The Power Systems Analysis Toolbox (PSAT)
(http://www3.uclm.es/profesorado/federico.milano/software.htm) is a Matlab-based package developed by
Frederico Milano for power systems analysis and simulation. Functions include load flow, OPF, small signal
stability analysis and time domain simulation.
TEFTS
TEFTS (https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~ccanizar/software/tefts.htm) is an open source program for DOS and
UNIX "designed to do transient stability and energy function analyses of reduced dynamic models of ac/dc
power systems, with additional capabilities for voltage stability (bifurcation) studies based on continuation
methods. This package is not designed for "commercial grade" studies, but rather for research and teaching
purposes."
UWPFLOW
UWPFLOW (https://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~ccanizar/software/pflow.htm) is an open source Windows and UNIXbased toolset "designed to calculate local bifurcations related to system limits or singularities in the system
Jacobian. The program also generates a series of output files that allow further analyses, such as tangent
vectors, left and right eigenvectors at a singular bifurcation point, Jacobians, power flow solutions at
different loading levels, voltage stability indices, etc".
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