A power grid model system, method and computer program product which includes a switching state processor, a topological processor, an equipment update processor, and a historic power grid model for a power grid. The historic power grid model has an equipment layer and a topology layer. Responsive to a switch operated in a power grid, the switching state processor is notified of the operated switch, notifies the topological processor of the operated switch and notifies the power grid model for updating of the historic power grid model; and the topological processor determines the extent of the update of the power grid model, parses through details of the equipment layer and updates the topology layer in the power grid model. Responsive to an equipment update to the power grid, the equipment update processor is notified, updates the historic power grid model and notifies the topological processor of the equipment update; and the topological processor determines the extent of the update in the historic power grid model, parses through details of the equipment layer and updates the topology layer in the historic power grid model.