Electric Grid Analysis

Starts on Santa Fe, NM. Place generation or load and watch line stress and power totals update live — stressed corridors shift yellow → orange → red as MW stacks up.

How to use

Pick a city preset (or search). Layers load automatically for that view.
Choose a site type and MW, click Place on map, then click the map.
Watch the live stats and line colors update as you add/remove sites (optional detailed report below).

Educational only. This is not a utility interconnection study, power-flow model, or engineering design. Real hosting capacity depends on protection settings, feeder topology, N-1 contingencies, and local utility rules. HIFLD / EPA-derived layers are approximate public GIS snapshots.

Controls

City with public grid data

National HIFLD layers — densest for transmission & substations. Plant points vary by metro.

Find a place

Map layers

Transmission lines Substations Existing power plants

Move the map, then reload if needed.

Place a site

Generation injects power (backfeed risk). Loads draw power from the grid.

Type Label Capacity or demand (MW)

Proposed sites

Live system totals LIVE

Updates as soon as you place or remove a site. Stress is a screening model, not SCADA.

Generation0 MW

New load0 MW

Net to grid0 MW

Peak line use—

Stressed lines0

Sites placed0

Generation mix LIVE

Existing plants in view + your proposed generation (loads excluded).

Load map layers or place generation to build the mix.

Net 0 MW · Peak line —

Calm (<60%) Busy (60–85%) Stressed (85–100%) Overloaded (>100%) Substation Existing plant Proposed generation Proposed load

Graphical impact & screening

Look above: the map recolors transmission lines as you add sites (green → yellow → orange → red). Below: pie mix, corridor stress bars, and per-site meters. Jump to map

Place sites to see live stress graphics and screening.