# US 12,191,661 B2 · System and method for supporting creation of system plan to change configuration of power system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,661 B2 - Document ID: US12191661B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/030,862 - Filed: 2021-10-14 - Published: 2023-11-23 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-20 - Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd. - Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd. - Inventors: Tsubasa Ichikawa; Shinya Suenaga; Yasuyuki Tada; Yasushi Miyata; Yoshiki Kurokawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191661B2 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0637: Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals - H02J 13/333: the equipment forming part of substations - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - H02J 3/00: Circuit arrangements for AC mains or AC distribution networks - H02J 3/0012: characterised by the contingency detection means in AC networks, e.g. using phasor measurement units [PMU], synchrophasors or contingency analysis - H02J 3/0073: by providing alternative feeding paths when the main path fails - H02J 13/12: Monitoring network conditions, e.g. electrical magnitudes or operational status - H02J 13/34: the equipment being switches, relays or circuit breakers - H02J 2103/30: Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks - Y04S 10/50: Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract Disclosed is a system for supporting creation of a system plan to change a configuration of a power system including a power transmission system and a power distribution system. The system stores information on a configuration of the power transmission system and information on a configuration and a load of the power distribution system. The system determines, based on the information on the configuration and the load of the power distribution system, a load accommodation capacity between power distribution substations which indicates a power supply capacity allowed to be compensated for between the power distribution substations through a configuration change of the power distribution system. The system creates a system plan proposal including a change in system configuration of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the load accommodation capacity. The system outputs information on the system plan proposal to an output device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for supporting creation of a system plan to change a configuration of a power system including a power transmission system and a power distribution system, the system comprising: one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices, wherein the one or more storage devices are configured to store information on a configuration of the power transmission system and information on a configuration and a load of the power distribution system, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: determine, based on the information on the configuration and the load of the power distribution system, a load accommodation capacity between power distribution substations which indicates a power supply capacity allowed to be compensated for between the power distribution substations through a configuration change of the power distribution system; create a system plan proposal including a change in system configuration of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the load accommodation capacity; and output information on the system plan proposal to an output device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more storage devices are configured to store information on failures of each facility of the power transmission system, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: determine a facility against which countermeasures are to be taken in the power transmission system based on the information on failures; and create, for countermeasures against the facility against which countermeasures are to be taken, the system plan proposal including a change in system configuration of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the load accommodation capacity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more storage devices are configured to store information on failures of each facility of the power transmission system, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: determine a power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken based on information on failures of the power distribution substations, which is indicated by the stored information on failures; and select a facility against which countermeasures are to be taken based on the information on failures from among facilities of the power transmission system that exert influences on failures of the power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein loads of the power distribution system are managed in a plurality of distribution areas, wherein the plurality of distribution areas each include one or more power distribution substations, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: determine a supply reliability level of each distribution area of the plurality of distribution areas based on information on failures and information on loads of the one or more power distribution substations included in the each distribution area; determine a distribution area against which countermeasures are to be taken based on the supply reliability levels of the plurality of distribution areas; and determine a power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken based on the information on failures and the information on the loads, from among power distribution substations included in the distribution area against which countermeasures are to be taken. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to determine the load accommodation capacity based on a supply reliability level of the power distribution system of each of the power distribution substations. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to determine the load accommodation capacity based on a load capacity and a supply reliability level of the power distribution system of each of the power distribution substations. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more storage devices are configured to store information regarding failures of each facility of the power transmission system, and wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: determine a power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken among the power distribution substations based on the information regarding failures; determine the load accommodation capacity of each power distribution substation adjacent to the power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken with respect to the power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken; and determine abandonment of the power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken when the load accommodation capacity of the adjacent power distribution substation indicates that the power distribution substation against which countermeasures are to be taken is abandonable. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: evaluate at least one of a supply reliability level or a cost of the system plan proposal; and output a result of the evaluation to the output device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: evaluate a supply reliability level and a cost of the system plan proposal; and simultaneously output both results of evaluating the supply reliability level and the cost to the output device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to: individually evaluate the power transmission system and the power distribution system in the system plan proposal; and output a comprehensive evaluation result obtained by aggregating results of evaluating the power transmission system and the power distribution system to the output device. ### Claim 11 A method of supporting, by a system, creation of a system plan to change a configuration of a power system including a power transmission system and a power distribution system, the system being configured to store information on a configuration of the power transmission system and information on a configuration and a load of the power distribution system, the method comprising: determining, by the system, based on the information on the configuration and the load of the power distribution system, a load accommodation capacity between power distribution substations which indicates a power supply capacity allowed to be compensated for between the power distribution substations through a configuration change of the power distribution system; creating, by the system, a system plan proposal including a change in system configuration of the power transmission system and the power distribution system based on the load accommodation capacity; and outputting, by the system, information on the system plan proposal to an output device.