At a glance
We construct geographically grounded, electrically coherent power grid models entirely from publicly available data and release a dataset spanning 48 U.S. states and multi-state interconnections.
The models support AC optimal power flow (AC‑OPF) analysis, enabling physics-based study of congestion, capacity, and demand siting without restricted data.
We demonstrate applications including transmission expansion potential, targeted line upgrades, and placement of large datacenter loads.
Microsoft Research is excited to release an open dataset of approximate transmission topology of the U.S. power grid derived from publicly available data.
