I think the case30 is sectioned into areas for the purpose of identifying buses that belongs to the same power export/import area/zone.
Regards Ahmad On May 15, 2017 12:43 PM, "Akash Tyagi" <akashtyagi0...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello everyone, I am working on congestion management for 30 bus system as given in MATPOWER case. I would like to know the role of AREA in the 30 bus system? At some buses, it is 1, at other busses, it is 2 and 3 also. What is the role of AREA and what is 1, 2 and 3?