Question about GIS and MATPOWER mismatch

[BehrouzSohrabi]

Hi,

I came across your repo and was interested in using it in a research project. But, when I was reviewing the data, I noticed some potential issues and inconsistencies not only with the branch_data mapping that I would like to clarify.

Specifically, I noticed that the MATPOWER and GIS data have mismatches for the linked components. First, I tried to separate a subset of adjacent buses (near the slack bus) using the bus_data.csv and bus_i in the MATPOWER file. Then I tried to locate the buses specified by f_bus and t_bus of branch in the MATPOWER file (assuming that the branch_data.csv is not yet usable), but the from and to buses are at an unreasonable distance from each other, and practically MATPOWER and GIS data are not related.

I would appreciate it if you could provide more information and clarification about how the mapping between the MATPOWER and GIS formats was created.

Thank you for your time.