Load Shed and Restoration tool helps plan the load groups for load shed operations. It displays the pre-configured set of feeder load groups along with their rank to shed and their present status on the network. The rank for a load group is determined by when the feeders in the group were last used in a shed/restore scenario. Lower the rank value, higher the preference to shed the group. One or many groups can be selected for load shed operation and a load shed (switching) plan can be generated for the selected load groups.