IEEE RTS-79 — Original 24-bus System

The original IEEE Reliability Test System published in 1979. Preserved separately from RTS-96 and subsequent variants.

Research release — verification required. Care has been taken to match the published IEEE test-system descriptions. Users MUST check data, equipment connectivity, operating assumptions and results against the cited source before relying on any file. Report omissions, revisions and discrepancies to sagarwal@gri-us.com. Revisions will be reviewed, attributed and versioned. Only available native file formats are provided.

Published baseline

The 1979 IEEE RTS defines a 24-bus system with generation, transmission, chronological load models and reliability parameters. This is the reference system for the benchmark, not the later multi-area RTS-96 or RTS-GMLC.

PowerWorld case files

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Agarwal supplied PowerWorld models named IEEE 24 bus.PWB, IEEE 24 bus_NB_ring_v18.PWB, and drawing IEEE 24 bus.pwd. The file names and configurations are confirmed by their developer. Models are preserved as supplied; independent load-flow reproduction remains a separate check.

Files awaiting transfer to this GR-domain library

Engineering data, diagrams and results

Original RTS-79 tables and the standard network SLD are being indexed. Available external benchmark implementation: MATPOWER 24-bus IEEE RTS case (an implementation, not a substitute for the published paper).

Related editions

IEEE RTS-96 is documented separately because its network, chronological data and studied configurations differ.