Patent ID: 8706309

Claim:
An electric power distribution system to distribute power to at least one load, comprising: a first load; a bus connected to the first load; a capacitor bank in electrical communication with the bus; a first intelligent electronic device (IED) configured to interface with the electric power distribution system, comprising: a first network communications interface; a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium, comprising: software instructions executable on the processor that enable the IED to perform operations, including: determining that the capacitor bank has been connected to the bus; receiving a first plurality of measurements representing an electrical condition in at least a portion of the electric power distribution system prior to connecting the capacitor bank to the bus and subsequent to connecting the capacitor bank to the bus; and, calculating a load model based on the first plurality of measurements, the load model representing a predicted response of the first load to a variation in at least one electrical characteristic of power distributed by the electric power distribution system.