Market Firm Capacity

Units:	MW
Mode:	Input/Output
Multi-band:	False
Default Value:	0
Validation Rule:	Any Value
Key Property:	No
Description:	Contribution of the market purchases to generation capacity for capacity reserves.

Market Firm Capacity is the assumed contribution of the market purchases to 'generation capacity' for capacity reserves calculations in LT Plan. By default the Max Purchases is assumed 'firm' and counted as an 'import' in the Region Net Capacity Interchange. You may override this by setting Firm Capacity directly.

Example

In the following example the Max Purchases is 230 MW, but only 50 MW can be counted as 'firm' for capacity calculations.

Market	Property	Value	Units	Band	Date From	Date To	Timeslice	Data File
Purchase	Price	0	-	1				Market Price
Purchase	Max Sales	0	-	1
Purchase	Max Purchases	230	-	1
Purchase	Firm Capacity	50	MW	1

See also:

• Market Load Obligation