Maximizing transfer capabilities and the requirement to manually check and modify contingency definitions, if required, during this iterative process of determining SOLs is the primary motivation behind developing a framework to automate the repetitive processes, increase efficiency and eliminate errors that can occur due to manual modifications.The following section describes in detail the development and implementation of a ‘Path Study Tool’ developed in-house at CAISO to automate these processes and provide SOLs for planned and forced outages.