Scaling automation systems and transitioning from manual to automatic operations are two major challenges that customers face today, as observed by G&W Electric. G&W Electric’s Grid Automation Software solutions employ a model of the customer’s system alongside real-time data from field devices to optimally respond to system events while offering various modes of automatic system operations. The addition of new devices to the automation system is both quick and straightforward, with no need for reprogramming and no limitations on the number of devices participating in the automation solution. This offering encompasses a suite of tools fully integrated with SCADA software, enabling operators to monitor, control, coordinate, automatically restore, and verify results for parts or the entirety of a distribution system in real time.