Region Reference Load

Units:	MW
Mode:	Input Only
Multi-band:	False
Default Value:	1
Validation Rule:	Any Value
Key Property:	No
Description:	Reference load for distributed load slack model
Detail:

Region Reference Load is used to enter the reference load case that will be used to distribute the 'slack' when calculating shift factors. These are only required if the Transmission PTDF Method is set to "Distributed Load Slack".

Example:

Region	Property	Value	Units
Area A	Reference Load	3750	MW
Area B	Reference Load	1256	MW

PLEXOS uses the reference load set to renormalize the bus-level load participation factors i.e. for a one megawatt injection at a generation bus each load bus is assigned the slack:

( Node Load Participation Factor x Region Reference Load ) / ∑ ( Region Reference Load )