A Physics-guided Fine-tuned LLM-based Framework for Customized Power Distribution System Feeder Generation

Zhenghao Zhou, Yiyan Li, Tao Xu, Yike Guo, Zheng Yan, Mo-Yuen Chow

Power distribution system feeder models (e.g., IEEE 33-bus system, IEEE 13-bus system, etc.) are cornerstones for conducting power distribution system studies. As real-world feeder models are hard to acquire due to energy security concerns, generating high-quality synthetic feeders becomes an important alternative to satisfy the fast-growing and diversified needs of power system researchers and engineers. In this paper, we propose an LLM-based synthetic feeder generation framework that can achieve end-to-end generation from natural language specifications to physically consistent feeder models. First, Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) is performed on a dataset created following physical laws to empower the LLM with syntactic understanding of complex feeder structures. Second, Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) with a specially-designed multi-stage gated reward function is introduced to better align the generation results with user intent and physical constraints. Third, a dual-agent architecture is deployed to refine and evaluate the generated feeders. Specifically, a refinement agent calibrates the feeder model parameters referring to the industrial feeder design standards, while a judge agent provides quality assessments. Case studies demonstrate that the proposed framework generates customizable feeders with valid formats, physical consistency and high engineering applicability.