AbstractTo cope with the high rate of increase of power demand in the main industrialized districts in Japan, 550‐kV transmission systems covering the districts have been reinforced, with most of the main power plants connected directly to these systems. Through 550‐/300‐kV substations, the majority of power to the districts is supplied by 300‐kV systems. To limit the excess short‐circuit capacity in the 300‐kV systems, they tend to be reconstructed as so‐called radial networks. In radial networks with high short‐circuit capacity and relatively small number of transmission lines connected to the substation busbars, the rate of rise of TRV can be far higher than standard value.This paper analyzes the transient recovery voltages (TRV) in such extra‐high‐voltage radial networks in Japan, together with the relevant stresses to circuit‐breakers during fault clearings. Future system conditions have also been introduced. As the typical rate of rise of the TRV values, more than twice that of today's standard ones are probable.