In North America, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) mandates that all transmission owners must maintain validated base cases. PSS/E is the default tool for building these "seasonal base cases" and proving that the grid survives defined contingencies (TPL-001).
| Section | Do This | Avoid | |---------|---------|-------| | Abstract | State method, case, key numbers | General statements | | Methods | Provide PSS/E commands/models used | Listing software features | | Results | Use PSS/E plots (channel output) | Screenshots without analysis | | Automation | Show psspy code snippets | Saying “we used Python” with no detail | | Discussion | Compare with literature/other tools | Over-claiming PSS/E superiority | siemens psse