$npx -y skills add Power-Agent/PowerSkills --skill thermal-overload-mitigationSenior power-engineer playbook for overloaded lines and transformers. Use whenever power-flow or contingency studies show loading above ratings — including escalations from a tool skill where branch loading exceeds 100% of its rating. Triggers on "line overloaded", "transformer a
| 1 | # Thermal overload mitigation |
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| 3 | Start with the monitored element, the applicable rating, and the driving condition. |
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| 5 | ## Preferred action order |
| 6 | 1. Confirm the overload is real: correct rating set, correct outage state, and solved base case or contingency. |
| 7 | 2. Redispatch generation or transfer patterns to unload the corridor. |
| 8 | 3. Reconfigure topology or switching where operations permit. |
| 9 | 4. Use phase shifters, HVDC schedules, or transformer controls only when sensitivity evidence supports them. |
| 10 | 5. If the issue is persistent, move to reconductoring, uprating, or new facilities. |
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| 12 | ## Working rules |
| 13 | - Separate normal-rating issues from emergency-rating issues. |
| 14 | - Fix the smallest set of elements that relieve the monitored overload cluster. |
| 15 | - Validate a candidate fix on all critical monitored contingencies, not just the worst case. |
| 16 | - Use PTDF or LODF style sensitivities when the software provides them. |
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| 18 | ## Deliver |
| 19 | - The overloaded elements and rating basis. |
| 20 | - The dispatch or topology changes that help most. |
| 21 | - The recommended corrective action and the residual risk. |