| Name | Units | Default Value | Validation Rule | Description |
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| Capacity Factor Constraint Basis | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Basis for capacity factor constraints. |
| Cooling States Enabled | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If generator unit cooling states are enabled |
| Dispatch by Power Station | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If generators in power stations should be treated in aggregate for dispatch. |
| DP Capacity Factor Error Threshold | % | 20 | ≥0 | Error in DP capacity factor compared to MT Schedule capacity factor below which the DP solution is accepted |
| DP Capacity Factor Threshold | % | 20 | ≥0 | Minimum capacity factor for generators to be dispatched by the DP |
| Forced Outage Relaxes Min Down Time | Yes/No | 0 | In (0,-1) | If ramp constraints should all be formulated upfront rather than checked iteratively. |
| Formulate Ramp Upfront | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If ramp constraints should all be formulated upfront rather than checked iteratively. |
| Formulate Upfront | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If production constraints should all be formulated upfront rather than checked iteratively. |
| Fuel Use Function Precision | - | 0 | ≥0 | Precision for calculation of linear approximation to fuel function. |
| Gas Demand Resolution | - | 0 | In (0,1,2) | Resolution of input gas demands |
| Heat Rate Detail | - | 0 | In (0,1,2) | Level of detail for Generator heat rate modelling |
| Heat Rate Error Method | - | 2 | In (0,1,2,3,4) | Method for handling non-convex heat rate functions. |
| Integers in Look-ahead | - | 1 | In (0,1,2) | Controls when the look-ahead contains integers for unit commitment and other decisions. |
| Max Heat Rate Tranches | - | 10 | Between 1 And 100 | Maximum number of tranches in the fuel function piecewise linear approximation |
| Min Heat Rate Tranche Size | - | 0 | ≥0 | Minimum tranche size in fuel function piecewise linear approximation |
| Pump and Generate | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If pumped storage/battery is allowed to pump/charge and generate/discharge simultaneously. |
| Rounded Relaxation Commitment Model | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Determines if the unit commitment decisions are made centrally or by self-commitment |
| Rounded Relaxation End Threshold | - | 0.75 | ≤1 | End value for [Rounding Up Threshold] when Rounded Relaxation is running self-tune. |
| Rounded Relaxation Start Threshold | - | 0.25 | ≥0 | Start value for [Rounding Up Threshold] when Rounded Relaxation is running self-tune. |
| Rounded Relaxation Threshold Increment | - | 0.05 | ≥0.01 | Increment value for [Rounding Up Threshold] when Rounded Relaxation is running self-tune. |
| Rounded Relaxation Tuning | Yes/No | 0 | In (0,-1) | If the Rounded Relaxation method should self-tune the [Rounding Up Threshold]. |
| Rounding Up Threshold | - | 0.5 | Between 0 And 1 | Threshold at which non-integers are rounded up. |
| Run Up and Down Enabled | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If generator run up and run down are modeled |
| Start and Stop Enabled | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If generator start up and shut down are modeled |
| Start Cost Method | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Method for handling start costs in the mathematical formulation (integrate into the formulation, or calculate ex-post) |
| Transitions Enabled | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If generator transitions are modeled |
| Unit Commitment Heat Rate Detail | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If modeling fully detailed heat rates for unit commitment. Otherwise perform a two-pass UC/ED. |
| Unit Commitment Optimality | - | 0 | In (0,1,2,3) | Unit commitment integerization scheme. |
| Warm Up Process Enabled | Yes/No | -1 | In (0,-1) | If modeling of Facility Warm Up Process is enabled |