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We’re pleased to share that two recent papers from PowerWorld contributors have been accepted for presentation at the North American Power Symposium (NAPS) 2026. These works highlight ongoing advances in power flow modeling, including stochastic external input integration and robust forecast application methods. An Extensible Approach for Modeling the Impact of Deterministic and Stochastic External […]

PowerWorld Corporation is pleased to share information about an upcoming webinar presented by Professor Thomas J. Overbye for the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Smart Grid Center. While it is not a PowerWorld event, the topics intersect analysis features of PowerWorld Simulator. Title: An Extensible Approach for Modeling the Impact of Deterministic and Stochastic […]

No webinars are presently scheduled, but materials from past sessions are available here.

We are pleased to announce the release of PowerWorld Simulator version 24! License administrators will get instructional emails on March 4 and it will be available then for download by customers with current maintenance agreements. Major new features and improvements include compatibility with full-topology raw files (such as those used in ERCOT), new geography and […]

All licensed PowerWorld users are invited to download and use a new beta release of PowerWorld Simulator v24. This beta release has several new features, but the main reason for this release is to allow our users to better handle the new ERCOT full-topology cases. If you or your organization has not received an email […]

North America will experience a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Since the path of the eclipse crosses regions with large amounts of solar PV generation, Professor Thomas Overbye of Texas A&M University produced a video that shows the estimated impact of this eclipse on US PV generation. The simulations and visualizations were done […]

An annular solar eclipse will pass over North and South America on Saturday October 14, 2023. Since the path of the eclipse crosses regions with large amounts of solar PV generation, Professor Thomas Overbye of Texas A&M University produced a two-minute video that shows the estimated impact of this eclipse on US PV generation. Since […]

We are pleased to announce the release of PowerWorld Simulator version 23. It is now available for download by customers with current maintenance agreements. A list of new features in version 23 is available here.

The FirstRateTM generator cost model dataset mapped to the ERCOT 2022 planning case series (22SSWG) is now available to subscribers of FirstRate ERCOT. FirstRate models provide basic and essential inputs for use with PowerWorld Simulator OPF software, based on figures published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). More information about FirstRate is available here, […]

The next PowerWorld User Group Meeting will be held October 5-6, 2022 in Tempe, Arizona. The meeting is open to all PowerWorld Simulator users, though it is anticipated most discussions will be oriented to power system planning and operations issues facing WECC members. Salt River Project (SRP) will host the meeting at the PERA Club […]