Software Tools

EPRI develops software to implement, test and refine the planning, operations, and protection research results created. This allows members to utilize the methods and algorithms developed in a direct way that can support their day-to-day functions. It is a vehicle for quick transfer of the R&D to application, with potential to save engineering time and reduce costs associated with operating and planning. The DO&P team has an expanding toolset to help utilities assess complex problems while continuously improving our workforce impact.

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Tools to Support Planners & Modeling Engineers

DRIVE™

Being used by 35 utilities worldwide to enable an effective means for assessing location-based impacts of distribution resources that can consider the breadth and depth of a utility’s system. Assessment methods include hosting capacity and identification of location specific mitigation solutions to increased DER and load hosting capacity.

FLEET EV ASSESSMENT TOOL

Enables assessment of the impacts of fleet electrification on the distribution system to improve grid utilization and identify mitigations

GRID MODEL VALIDATION & VERIFICATION (GMVV) TOOL

Automates the detection and remediation of model quality issues to enable improved studies.

MEASUREMENT DATA CLEANING TOOL

Automates detection and processing to clean SCADA and AMI data for various applications.

OPTIMAL DA SWITCH PLACEMENT TOOL

Enables the evaluations of the optimal placement of switches on the distribution system

AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING TOOLS (ADAPT)

Enables the evaluation of traditional and non-traditional planning alternatives in an automated fashion

OPENDSS

Open-source tool developed as a key resource for EPRI research and is used throughout the industry to develop new methods and analytics for simulating distribution systems

Tools to Support Operators & Operational Planners

AUTOMATED SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ASSESSMENT TOOL (ASCOT)

Enables assessments to quickly identify feasible and beneficial load transfers under a given set of operational conditions

ALARM VISUALIZATION AND ASSESSMENT TOOL (AVAT)

Enables operators to automatically diagnose a large flood of alarms to their root cause and baseline the alarm system

Tools to Support Protection Engineers

DISTRIBUTION PROTECTION ANALYSIS TOOLKIT (DPAT)

Enables protection engineers to perform wide-ranging protection coordination checks and identify mitigation solutions in an automated fashion