Efficient bounding method for linear contingency analysis

A very efficient contingency analysis method for detecting branch megawatt flow violation is presented. The efficiency stems from the use of a bounding criterion that drastically reduces the number of branch-flow computations and limits checking, and the use of state-of-the-art compensation and sparse matrix/vector methods. The method requires no offline setup, is highly efficient, and can handle contingencies with any time of network topology and load/generation changes. The method is based on the linear incremental-power-flow model and consequently does not consider reactive power.>