Easy SimAuto (ESA): A Python Package that Simplifies Interacting with PowerWorld Simulator

The electric power system is an essential cornerstone of modern society, enabling everything from the internet to refrigeration. Due to a variety of forces including climate change, changing economics, and the digital computer revolution, the electric grid is undergoing a period of major change. In order to overcome current and upcoming challenges in the electric power system, such as integrating renewable resources into a system that was not designed for intermittent power sources, researchers and industry practitioners must simulate the electric grid, its component devices, and its operation.