Hidden Parameters for PLEXOS 7.400
For setup and usage information, please refer to the Hidden Parameters technical reference.
| Class | ParameterName | Type | Default | Validation | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | EncryptData | Boolean | false | true/false | Setting to enable data obfuscation (encryption). This will convert all object names into an encrypted form, using a random seed (i.e. cannot be decrypted). This is useful for securing sensitive information. All references to these objects are also updated in the csv data file themselves. |
| Model | RunMode_PASA | Integer | 0 | In (0,1) | Value = 0 ("Normal"), Value = 1 ("Dry") for the PASA phase only. (See above for more details about the "dry run" mode) |
| Model | RunMode_LTPlan | Integer | 0 | In (0,1) | Value = 0 ("Normal"), Value = 1 ("Dry") for the LT Plan phase only. (See above for more details about the "dry run" mode) |
| Model | RunMode_MTSchedule | Integer | 0 | In (0,1) | Value = 0 ("Normal"), Value = 1 ("Dry") for the MT Schedule phase only. (See above for more details about the "dry run" mode) |
| Model | RunMode_STSchedule | Integer | 0 | In (0,1) | Value = 0 ("Normal"), Value = 1 ("Dry") for the ST Schedule phase only. (See above for more details about the "dry run" mode) |
| Model | SuppressInterleaveOutages | Boolean | false | true/false | Setting to true will suppress commencing forced outages in the "day-ahead" model of an interleaved execution |
| LTPlan | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality |
| LTPlan | AverageSamples | Boolean | false | true/false | Controls averaging of loads when LT Plan Chronology = "Sampled" |
| LTPlan | IncludeMarketInRegionCapacity | Boolean | true | true/false | Exclude Markets from region reserve capacity calculation |
| LTPlan | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Boolean | false | true/false | Detect and correct non-physical losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always) |
| LTPlan | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in LT Plan. |
| LTPlan | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in LT Plan. |
| LTPlan | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in LT Plan when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| LTPlan | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in LT Plan when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| MTSchedule | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality |
| MTSchedule | AverageSamples | Boolean | false | true/false | Controls averaging of loads when MT Schedule Chronology = "Sampled" |
| MTSchedule | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Boolean | false | true/false | Detect and correct non-physical losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always) |
| MTSchedule | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in MT Schedule. |
| MTSchedule | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in MT Schedule. |
| MTSchedule | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in MT Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| MTSchedule | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in MT Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| MTSchedule | NonPriceSettingEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if fix non-price setting plant after final loss adjustments |
| STSchedule | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality |
| STSchedule | BreakStepLinks | Boolean | false | true/false | Allows links such as unit commitment that are passed between ST Schedule steps to be broken, making each step independent. |
| STSchedule | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Boolean | false | true/false | Detect and correct non-physical losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always) |
| STSchedule | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in ST Schedule. |
| STSchedule | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in ST Schedule. |
| STSchedule | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in ST Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| STSchedule | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in ST Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings |
| Performance | CacheTextDatainMemory | Boolean | true | true/false | If external text data are cached to memory (faster). |
| Production | EmissionsFormulateUpfront | Boolean | false | true/false | When set to true, forces emissions to always be modelled as decision variables in the simulation rather than having their costs pre-computed and passed through to generation costs. |
| Production | FormulateAllGeneratorRamp | Boolean | false | true/false | When set to true, forces generator ramp constraints to be included even if the ramp rate is large enough that it would normally never bind. |
| Production | SimultaneousPumpGeneration | Integer | 1 | In (0,1,2) | Flag if the pump generator can simultaneously pump and generate in the same period. 0="None" (Never allowed); 1="Single Unit" (Generation/Pump allowed for a single unit); 2=Multi-Unit (Generation/Pump allowed for all units) |
| Production | OffersIncludeEmissions | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if Generator [Offer Price] is assumed to include the shadow price of emissions |
| Production | Tiebreaking | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if tied Generator offers should be resolved. |
| Production | TiebreakingPenalty | Double | 0.000001 | Penalty applied to tie-break constraints. | |
| Production | HeadEffectsOptimality | Integer | 2 | In(1,2) | Integerization method for hydro head effects. |
| Production | HeadEffectsOptimalityRollingWindow | Integer | -1 | Number of intervals in the rolling horizon integerization window (-1 means whole step) | |
| Production | FillMissingOfferPrices | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if missing [Offer Price] bands are filled with SRMC values or left to default |
| Production | AccountForHeadPotenialEnergy | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if accounts for the potential energy of a head storage with regards to provision, i.e. reserve is limited to the remaining potential energy in the storage |
| Transmission | NPLTolerance | Double | 0.0001 | Tolerance for detecting non-physical losses. | |
| Capacity | RegionAssistingPriorities | Integer | 0 | >=0 | The region assisting priority for calculating multi-area reliability indices. See Region Assisting Priority |
| Capacity | ZoneAssistingPriorities | Integer | 0 | >=0 | The zone assisting priority for calculating multi-area reliability indices. See Zone Assisting Priority |
| Stochastic | SampleWeightingMethod | Integer | 0 | Value = 0 ("Uniform"), Value = 1 ("Custom"). Custom uses sample weights defined by the SampleWeight argument. | |
| Stochastic | SampleWeight | Double[] | null | Overrides Global Sample Weight | |
| Stochastic | FutureCostFunction | Boolean | true | true/false | Toggles on/off use of future cost function for case of Storage Decomposition Method = "Water Values" |
| Stochastic | SampleStageCount | Integer | 1 | >=1 | Overrides Global Tree Stage Count |
| Stochastic | StagesPeriodType | Integer | 0 | In (0,1,2,3,4,5,6) | Overrides Global Tree Period Type |
| Stochastic | PositionExpFactor | Double | 1.0 | Between 0.0 And 1.0 | Overrides Global Tree Position Exp Factor |
| Stochastic | LeavesExpFactor | Double | 1.0 | Between 0.0 And 1.0 | Overrides Global Tree Leaves Exp Factor |
| Stochastic | StagesPosition | Integer[] | null | Overrides Global Tree Stages Position | |
| Stochastic | StagesLeaves | Integer[] | null | Overrides Global Tree Stages Leaves | |
| Stochastic | StagesHangingBranches | Integer[] | null | Overrides Global Tree Stages Hanging Branches | |
| Stochastic | TreeInfoInputFile | String | null | The scenario tree will be constructed based on the tree information in the input file. See Global Tree Info Input File | |
| Stochastic | StepList | Integer[] | null | In Guided Monte Carlo, this is the list of ST Schedule steps for which Monte Carlo simulation is performed. Steps not listed run only the first sample. | |
| Stochastic | Risk Level | Double | 0.1 | Between 0 And 1 | Risk level for risk-constrained optimization where 0.1 means above 90% |
| Stochastic | GlobalFCFName | String | "FCF" | Name of the FCF object when writing the FCF diagnostic file | |
| Stochastic | GlobalFCFObj | Double() | Nothing | Array containing the FCF objective values | |
| Stochastic | FCFIterationTolerance | Double | Gap between the optimal objective function value and the last iteration. | ||
| Stochastic | FCFIterationLimit | Double | Number of forward iterations to produce cuts. | ||
| Stochastic | PARMAVariable | String | Nothing | The name of the Variable that will be using the PARMA automatic parameter estimation and simulation feature | |
| Stochastic | PARMAHistoricalFileName | String | Nothing | The file name of the historical data for estimating the PARMA model parameters | |
| Stochastic | RollingStageIncrement | Integer | -1 | Number of stages considered in each rolling horizon step. | |
| Stochastic | MinimumSampleWeight | Double | 0.000001 | Minimum weight accepted for branches, no more branches are created after this. | |
| Stochastic | FCFScalar | Double | 100 | Scaling factor used internal to mathematical programming | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalVariable | String() | null | Name of the variable object in GUI that needs to generate hanging branches. | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalFileName | String() | null | CSV filename containing historical inflows data for variable described in " HistoricalVariable". | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalYearFrom | Integer() | null | First year to be considered for the branching creation. This is extracted from the csv file HistoricalFileName. | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalYearTo | Integer() | null | Last year to be considered for the branching creation. This is extracted from the csv file HistoricalFileName. | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalYearStart | Integer() | null | Starting year for the historical sampling. | |
| Stochastic | HistoricalPeriodType | Integer | Value = 2 ("Weekly"), Value = 3 ("Monthly"). | ||
| Stochastic | WriteHistoricalSamples | Boolean | false | true/false | Write hanging and full branches in a csv file for debugging purposes. |
| Stochastic | GlobalDeterministicStage | Integer | 0 | Number of stages from root node where decision are taken before revealing uncertainty. | |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_LTPlan | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if formulate head effect in LT plan |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_PASA | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if formulate head effect in PASA phase |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_MTSchedule | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if formulate head effect in MT Schedule |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_STSchedule | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if formulate head effect in ST Schedule |
| Storage | DetectChangeInInitialVolume | Boolean | true | true/false | Flag if the change in Initial Volume is treated as an inflow |
| SyntheticSeries | Variable | String | null | Name of the Variable object for which transformation is applied | |
| SyntheticSeries | TransformName | String | null | Type of transformation applied | |
| SyntheticSeries | ParameterName | String | null | Name of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Band | Integer | 1 | Band of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Value | Double | 0.0 | Value of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Scenario | String | null | Scenario for which transformation is used | |
| Competition | ApplyStrategicAfterPricingStrategy | Boolean | false | true/false | Controls if Company Strategic constraints are applied before or after Competition Pricing Strategy |
| Diagnostic | StorageDecomposition | Boolean | false | true/false | Writes a CSV file containing the storage decomposition targets and shadow prices passed between simulation phases |
| Diagnostic | FlowImpact | Boolean | false | true/false | Write diagnostics for flow impact. The associated Flow Impact GUI component is only available in PLEXOS 7.1 version. |
| Diagnostic | FormulationList | Boolean | false | true/false | Write diagnostics for formulated dynamic constraints. |
| Diagnostic | MatrixCacheInFolder | Boolean | false | true/false | Flag if save network matrices in model folder |
| Diagnostic | COPTStepFrom | Integer | 0 | >=0 | write out the Capacity Outage Possibility Table from this step (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTStepTo | Integer | 0 | >=0 | write out the Capacity Outage Possibility Table to this step (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTPeriodFrom | Integer | 0 | >=0 | write out the Capacity Outage Possibility Table from this period (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTPeriodTo | Integer | 0 | >=0 | write out the Capacity Outage Possibility Table to this period (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTProbTolerance | Double | 0.000001 | >=0 | probability tolerance for Capacity Outage Possibility Table. |
| Region | ExcludeProfitFromAmortizedCost | Boolean | false | If the Amortized cost should subtract the block profit. | |
| Reserve | SetProvisionPrice | Boolean | false | If the objective function should include a small penalty on Reserve Provision to avoid over-providing the service. | |
| RSI | SummerStartMonth | Integer | 5 | In (1,...,12) | Start month for RSI Summer Period. |
| RSI | SummerEndMonth | Integer | 10 | In (1,...,12) | End month for RSI Summer Period. |
| RSI | PeakStartHour | Integer | 7 | In (1,...,24) | Start hour for RSI Peak Period. |
| RSI | PeakEndHour | Integer | 22 | In (1,...,24) | Start hour for RSI Peak Period. |
| HydroEfficiency | Name | String | Nothing | Hydro generator name. | |
| HydroEfficiency | Band | Integer | 0 | Hydro generator efficiency band. | |
| HydroEfficiency | Efficiency | Double | 0 | Hydro generator efficiency incr in given band. | |
| HydroEfficiency | VolumePoint | Double | 0 | Hydro generator efficiency band volume point. |