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Abstract: The aim of this recommended practice is to expand the use of IEEE power distribution
test feeders into a broader space of software developers, software users, and researchers. The
need for new distribution software functionality evolves quickly in areas such as distributed
resource modeling, load response to voltage and frequency, reliability improvement, neutral-earth
voltage, harmonics, active controls, interoperability, etc. By leveraging and expanding the set of
test feeders, more attention can focus on providing the new functionality. The scope of the
recommended practice includes steady-state, event-based, probabilistic, stochastic, and dynamic
analysis of medium-voltage (up to 35 kV) electric utility power distribution systems. Industrial and
commercial power distribution systems, harmonic analysis, and electromagnetic transient
analysis are all excluded.
Keywords: IEEE 1729™, power distribution, power system analysis
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Participants
At the time this IEEE recommended practice was completed, the Recommended Practices for Distribution
System Analysis Working Group had the following membership:
Thomas E. McDermott, Chair

Roger C. Dugan, Vice Chair
Mesut Baran Brian Gerzeny Sujeet Mishra

Mark Bowman Bo Gong Edrin Murzaku
Robert Broadwater Randall Groves A.B. M. Nasiruzzaman
William Byrd Adolfo Gutierrez Joe Nims
Sandoval Carneiro, Jr. William Hargenrader James Remich
Wayne Carr Bill Kersting Tim Rohrer
James Cleary Tanuj Khandelwal Kevin Schneider
Robert Damron Pradeep Kumar Matthew Seeley
Alireza Daneshpooy HanWuen Low Michael Simms
Stephen Fairfax Martin Luckett Jeremy Smith
Jerome Gathers Brian Steinbrecher
The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this recommended practice.
Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
William Ackerman Song Jin Mirko Palazzo

Ali Al Awazi Laszlo Kadar Bansi Patel
Mihaela Albu Innocent Kamwa Shawn Patterson
Thomas Blair John Kay Christopher Petrola
William Bloethe Yuri Khersonsky Iulian Profir
Gustavo Brunello Morteza Khodaie Charles Rogers
William Bush Gary Kobet Thomas Rozek
William Byrd Jim Kulchisky Don Russell
Thomas Callsen Saumen Kundu Bob Saint
Paul Cardinal Theo Laughner Steven Sano
George Clark Michael Lauxman Sergio Santos
James Cleary Albert Livshitz Bartien Sayogo
Jerry Corkran Lawrenc Long Ted Schoenberg
Darold Davis Federico Lopez Tony Seegers
Davide De Luca Russell Lowe Robert Seitz
Gary Donner Martin Luckett Nikunj Shah
Randall Dotson Jose Marrero Charles Simmons
Neal Dowling Omar Mazzoni David Singleton
Dana Dufield John McAlhaney, Jr. Jerry Smith
Roger C. Dugan William McBride John Spare
Keith Flowers Thomas E. McDermott Robert Spiewak
Paul Forquer Sujeet Mishra K. Stump
Marcel Fortin Jerry Murphy David Tepen
Doaa Galal Edrin Murzaku Marcelo Valdes
Mel George V Arun Narang John Vergis
Frank Gerleve Dennis Neitzel Daniel Ward
Randall Groves Michael Newman Yingli Wen
Ajit Gwal Nick S. A. Nikjoo Kenneth White
Donald Hall Joe Nims James Wilson
Werner Hoelzl Lorraine Padden Jian Yu
Yi Hu Richard Paes Oonpyo Zhu
Noriyuki Ikeuchi Michael Zuercher-Martinson
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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this recommended practice on 3 November 2014, it had the
following membership:
John Kulick, Chair

Jon Walter Rosdahl, Vice Chair
Richard H. Hulett, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Peter Balma Michael Janezic Ron Petersen

Farooq Bari Jeffrey Katz Adrian Stephens
Ted Burse Joseph L. Koepfinger* Peter Sutherland
Clint Chaplin David J. Law Yatin Trivedi
Stephen Dukes Hung Ling Phil Winston
Jean-Philippe Faure Oleg Logvinov Don Wright
Gary Hoffman T. W. Olsen Yu Yuan
Glenn Parsons
*Member Emeritus
Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:
Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative

Michael Janezic, NIST Representative
Julie Alessi
IEEE-SA Content Publishing
Malia Zaman
IEEE-SA Standards Technical Community
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 1729™-2014, IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution
System Analysis.
In 1991, an IEEE working group paper published the data for four different unbalanced radial distribution
test feeders for the purpose of testing load flow algorithms. In 2001, a sequel working group paper added
the data for a fifth test feeder that focused on transformer connections. These papers have been cited
hundreds of times, indicating the value of using common test feeders in IEEE publications. Data for several
new test feeders has been developed since 2001, and that process is ongoing.
This recommended practice aims to expand the use of these IEEE test feeders into a broader space of
software developers, software users, and researchers. The need for new distribution software functionality
evolves quickly in areas such as distributed resource modeling, load response to voltage and frequency,
reliability improvement, neutral-earth voltage, harmonics, active controls, interoperability, etc. By
leveraging and expanding the set of test feeders, more attention can focus on providing the new
functionality:
a) Researchers and software developers can test their calculation methods with published and
accepted data sets.
b) It is not necessary for each developer and researcher to publish custom data sets, which are
sometimes incomplete.
c) The set of test feeders helps to establish a baseline of expected software capabilities in being able to
solve the test feeders.
d) By creating new test feeders, the horizon of expected software capabilities will expand without
imposing the rigidity of a standard specification.
e) The feeder data can be used for schema development and interoperability tests in the IEC
Distribution Common Information Model or other modeling protocols.
f) The lack of test feeders in a certain topic may be taken as partial evidence that new work is needed
in that area.
The target audience for this recommended practice includes electric power distribution utilities, commercial
vendors of engineering analysis software for distribution systems, and academic researchers working in this
area.
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Contents
1. Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Normative references.................................................................................................................................. 1
3. Definitions .................................................................................................................................................. 2
4. Recommendations for test feeders .............................................................................................................. 2

4.1 Selection of test feeders to use ............................................................................................................. 3
4.2 Method of reporting results ................................................................................................................. 3
4.3 Method of developing new test feeders ............................................................................................... 4
4.4 Recommendations for researchers ....................................................................................................... 4
4.5 Recommendations for DSAT providers .............................................................................................. 4
4.6 Recommendations for DSAT users ..................................................................................................... 4
4.7 Recommendations for data exchange formats ..................................................................................... 5
Annex A (informative) Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 6
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1. Overview
1.1 Scope
The scope of the standard includes steady-state, event-based, probabilistic, stochastic, and dynamic analysis
of medium-voltage (up to 35 kV) electric utility power distribution systems. Industrial and commercial
power distribution systems, harmonic analysis, and electromagnetic transient analysis are all excluded.
2. Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document (i.e., they must
be understood and used, so each referenced document is cited in text and its relationship to this document is
explained). For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of
the referenced document (including any amendments or corrigenda) applies.
Distribution Test Feeders, available from the IEEE PES Distribution Analysis Subcommittee’s Distribution
Test Feeder Working Group (TFWG) at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/pes/dsacom/testfeeders/index.html.
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IEEE Recommended Practice for Electric Power Distribution System Analysis
IEC 61968-11:2013, Application integration at electric utilities—System interfaces for distribution

management—Part 11: Common information model (CIM) extensions for distribution. 1
IEC 61968-13:2008, Application integration at electric utilities—System interfaces for distribution

management—Part 13: CIM RDF Model exchange format for distribution.
3. Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. The IEEE Standards
Dictionary Online should be consulted for terms not defined in this clause. 2
bus: A grouping of electrical connection points consisting of one or more nodes, incorporating one or more
phases, and possibly including neutral conductors. The phases at a bus need not be numbered or lettered
consecutively. Connection points for communication circuits or other non-power conductors are not part of
the bus.
distribution system analysis tool (DSAT): Refers to a computer program with supporting data files that
performs voltage and current calculations on a model of an electric power distribution system.
feeder: Refers to any medium-voltage distribution circuit, possibly including low-voltage secondary
circuits. It need not be radially configured.
node: A single electrical connection point for power system conductors. One or more nodes may be
collected into a bus. Either phase or neutral conductors may be connected at a node; all such conductors
entering the node are connected to each other.
test feeder: A model of an electric power distribution system that has been published on the normative
Distribution Test Feeders web site by the IEEE PES Distribution System Analysis Subcommittee.
4. Recommendations for test feeders

These recommended practices apply to electric utility power distribution systems. For industrial and
commercial power distribution systems, IEEE Std 399™ (IEEE Brown Book™) [B4] 3 and IEEE Std 551™
(IEEE Violet Book™) [B5] and their successor IEEE 3002 Power Systems Analysis Standards [B6] through
[B8] provide more information.
Many power system analysis textbooks focus on high-voltage transmission systems, but those by Gonen
[B3], Kersting [B11], and Short [B14] provide a starting point for the study of analytical techniques that are
appropriate for medium-voltage distribution systems. The background and motivation for test feeders has
been described in papers by Dugan, Kersting et. al. [B1], [B2], [B9], [B10], and [B12].
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Box 131, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland (http://www.iec.ch/). IEC publications are also available in the United States from the
Sales Department, American National Standards Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA
(http://www.ansi.org).
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IEEE Standards Dictionary Online subscription is available at:
http://www.ieee.org/portal/innovate/products/standard/standards_dictionary.html.
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The numbers in brackets correspond to those of the bibliography in Annex A.
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4.1 Selection of test feeders to use
The test feeders have each been developed for different applications, and users should select the
corresponding test feeder to fit their applications. Most of them are based on simplifications of actual
feeders.
a) 4-bus test feeder covers unbalanced transformer connections.

b) 13-bus test feeder provides a severely unbalanced system, designed for testing algorithm
convergence.
c) 34-bus test feeder is very long, designed for testing the voltage regulator models.
d) 37-bus test feeder provides a three-wire delta underground system, designed for testing algorithm
convergence without ground connections.
e) 123-bus test feeder provides a mixture of overhead and underground, single-phase and two-phase
laterals, voltage regulators and shunt capacitors. It has been used to test switching algorithms.
f) 8500-node test feeder provides a large system, with 2500 medium-voltage buses and 2300 low-
voltage buses, comprising different numbers of phases at each bus.
g) Comprehensive test feeder provides one system with nearly every possible type of distribution
system component and connection.
h) Neutral-earth voltage (NEV) test feeder provides a situation with circuits coupled on the same
right-of-way, explicitly modeled neutral conductors, and neutral-to-earth impedances.
4.2 Method of reporting results
The reported result of a test feeder solution should contain at least the following items:
a) Injected P and Q at the source, independently by phase. For wye systems, the phase-to-neutral
values are reported and for delta systems, the phase-to-phase values are reported. 6 values.
b) Summation of I2R and I2X losses in series elements (lines and transformers) and shunt elements,
summing all phases. 4 values.
c) Minimum and maximum voltage by phase. 6 values.
d) If applicable, the tap setting of each regulating control. N values.
e) If applicable, the on/off status of each switch and capacitor bank. N values.
f) If applicable, the mechanical speed and air-gap torque of each rotating machine. 2 × N values.
g) If applicable, the real and reactive power injection from each inverter. 2 × N values.
h) Statement of which DSAT (including version) was used to obtain the solution.
Two solutions should be compared on the above items, in addition to:
a) The sum-of-squares difference between their voltage profiles at every node, normalized by the
number of nodes. 1 value.
b) The sum-of-squares difference between their current magnitudes in every branch, normalized by
the number of branches. 1 value.
For example, the 13-bus test feeder has three regulators and the capacitor banks are fixed, so this reporting
format would include 19 values. In comparing two solutions of this test feeder, there would be 32 nodes for
normalization of the voltage profile difference.
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4.3 Method of developing new test feeders
At any given time, it is unlikely that the published set of test feeders will satisfy every need for DSAT test
circuit data. In order to extend the test feeders, users should first consider the following options:
a) Add parameter variations to the published test feeder data.

b) Add switches to the published test feeder data. Switches should be located within a published test
feeder line segment, at either end of the segment as specified by the nearest bus number.
c) Switch published test feeder components in or out of service.
d) Add controller parameters to regulators, capacitor banks, loads, and switches.
e) Add new shunt components (e.g., a distributed resource) to an existing test feeder bus.
In each case, the model changes should be documented with reference to the published test feeder data as
the base case. Once approved, test feeders should not be withdrawn. Instead, corrections and clarifications
should be published as necessary. In order to add a new test feeder, users should contact the TFWG, which
functions under the Technical Committee structure of the IEEE PES. The TFWG meets regularly at IEEE
PES general meetings and at some other IEEE PES conferences.
4.4 Recommendations for researchers
Researchers should include results from at least one test feeder in their submitted papers. This practice will
help authors clearly identify their contributions while reducing their burden to publish system data. It will
also help readers understand the paper’s contribution and replicate its results.
Researchers should consider the addition of time-series analysis and stochastic analysis to the test feeders.
4.5 Recommendations for DSAT providers
DSAT providers should supply example data files for one or more test feeders. This practice will provide
documented and accepted examples for user education and training.
4.6 Recommendations for DSAT users
DSAT users should evaluate their DSAT’s ability to solve each of the test feeders, including these points:
a) Phase component modeling and analysis should be offered in addition to or instead of symmetrical
components.
b) Single-phase and two-phase components and subsystems should be modeled and solved.
c) Transformers with center-tapped secondary windings should be modeled and solved.
d) Open wye, open delta, and other unbalanced transformer connections should be modeled and
solved.
e) It should be possible to either retain the neutral conductors, or eliminate them from the model by
matrix reduction operations.
These points only address potential weaknesses in the correct load flow solution of unbalanced power
distribution systems. For many applications, additional modeling and analysis features will be needed.
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4.7 Recommendations for data exchange formats
DSAT providers should support IEC 61868-11 4 and IEC 61968-13. They should also consider supporting
other non-standard but widely adopted data exchange formats such as the MultiSpeak Specification [B13].
This practice will reduce the burden of collecting data from disparate sources. It will also allow users to
extend their DSAT capabilities and more readily provide actual system data to researchers.
Developers of these data exchange formats should use one or more test feeders in their interoperability tests
and should ensure that all published test feeders can be expressed and exchanged in the subject format.
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Information on references can be found in Clause 2.
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Annex A
(informative)
Bibliography
Bibliographical references are resources that provide additional or helpful material but do not need to be
understood or used to implement this standard. Reference to these resources is made for informational use
only.
[B1] Dugan, R. C., R. F. Arritt, T. E. McDermott, S. M. Brahma, and K. Schneider, “Distribution System
Analysis to Support the Smart Grid,” 2010 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting.
[B2] Dugan, R. C., W. H. Kersting, S. Carneiro, R. F. Arritt, and T. E. McDermott, “Roadmap for the
IEEE PES Test Feeders,” 2009 IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition.
[B3] Gonen, T., Electric Power Distribution System Engineering, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2007.
[B4] IEEE Std 399™-1997, IEEE Recommended Practice for Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
Analysis (IEEE Brown Book™). 5,6
[B5] IEEE Std 551™-2006, IEEE Recommended Practice for Calculating AC Short-Circuit Currents in
Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (IEEE Violet Book™).
[B6] IEEE Std P3002.2™/D3, IEEE Draft Recommended Practice for Conducting Load-Flow Studies of
Industrial and Commercial Power Systems. 7
[B7] IEEE Std P3002.3™/D2, IEEE Draft Recommended Practice for Conducting Short-Circuit Studies
of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems.
[B8] IEEE Std P3002.8™/D1, IEEE Draft Recommended Practice for Conducting Harmonic-Analysis
Studies of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems.
[B9] Kersting, W. H., “Radial Distribution Test Feeders,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 6,
no. 3, pp. 975-985, August 1991.
[B10] Kersting, W. H., “Radial Distribution Test Feeders,” 2001 IEEE Power Engineering Society Winter
Meeting.
[B11] Kersting, W. H., Distribution System Modeling and Analysis, 3rd ed., CRC Press, 2012.
[B12] Kersting, W. H. and R. C. Dugan, “Recommended Practices for Distribution System Analysis,” 2006
IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition.
[B13] National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, The MultiSpeak 8 Specification,
http://www.multispeak.org.
[B14] Short, T. A., Electric Power Distribution Handbook, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2014.
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USA (http://standards.ieee.org/).
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Numbers preceded by P are IEEE authorized standards projects that were not approved by the IEEE-SA Standards Board at the time
this publication went to press. For information about obtaining drafts, contact IEEE.
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The MultiSpeak name and logos are registered trademarks of the Cooperative Energy Services, a subsidiary of the National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association.
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Electric Power Distribution System

IEEE Power and Energy Society

IEEE Recommended Practice for

Power System Analysis, Computing, and Economics Committee

Approved 3 November 2014

IEEE-SA Standards Board

Keywords: IEEE 1729™, power distribution, power system analysis

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Copyright © 2014 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

PDF: ISBN 978-0-7381-9397-7 STD20017

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4. Recommendations for test feeders .............................................................................................................. 2

Annex A (informative) Bibliography ............................................................................................................. 6

IEC 61968-11:2013, Application integration at electric utilities—System interfaces for distribution

IEC 61968-13:2008, Application integration at electric utilities—System interfaces for distribution

4. Recommendations for test feeders

4.1 Selection of test feeders to use

a) 4-bus test feeder covers unbalanced transformer connections.

4.2 Method of reporting results

4.3 Method of developing new test feeders

a) Add parameter variations to the published test feeder data.

4.4 Recommendations for researchers

4.5 Recommendations for DSAT providers

4.6 Recommendations for DSAT users

4.7 Recommendations for data exchange formats

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