Region Index

Region Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Aggregate Transmission	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If transmission should be aggregated to the region level
Capacity Excess Price	$/kW/yr	False	0	≥0	False	Penalty for an excess of capacity reserves
Capacity Expansion Group	-	False	0	≥0	False	The capacity expansion group that the region belongs to for LT decomposition.
Capacity Price Cap	$/MWh	False	1E+30		False	Cap on the capacity price
Capacity Price Floor	$/MWh	False	-1E+30		False	Floor on the capacity price
Capacity Shortage Price	$/kW/yr	False	0	≥0	False	Penalty for a shortage of capacity reserves
Constraint Payments Compatibility	-	False	1	In (1,2)	False	Constraint payments compatibility (match to market being modeled)
Constraint Payments Enabled	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	Constraint payments compatibility (match to market being modelled)
Decomposition Group	-	False	0	≥0	False	The decomposition group that the region belongs to.
DSP Bid Price	$/MWh	True	10000		False	Bid price for demand-side participation
DSP Bid Quantity	MW	True	0		False	Bid quantity for demand-side participation
Elasticity	$/MWh2 (Metric), $/MWh/MWh (U.S. Imperial)	False	-0.2	<0	False	Price elasticity of demand
Enforce Transmission Limits On Lines In Interfaces	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If lines in interfaces should have their limits enforced regardless of voltage in this region.
Firm Capacity Incr	MW	False	0		False	Firm Capacity not explicitly modeled that should be included in reserve margin calculations
Fixed Cost Scalar	-	False	1	≥0	False	This parameter is a percentage to represent the amount of fixed cost considered in the recovery algorithm (but PLEXOS will still report the full amount of fixed costs on each generator/line)
Fixed Generation	MW	False	0		False	Fixed (or embedded) generation
Fixed Load	MW	False	0		False	Fixed load
Formulate Load	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	Flag if the Load is formulated as a decision variable
Generator Settlement Model	-	False	0	In (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)	False	Model used to determine price paid to generators.
Include in Kron Reduction	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	A flag indicating if the selected region should be included in the Kron-reduction algorithm
Include in Marginal Unit	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	Flag if the region is included in the Region Marginal Unit Diagnostic
Include in Region Supply	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	Flag if the region is included in the Region Supply Diagnostic
Include in Uplift	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If uplift is allowed in the period
Internal VoLL	$/MWh	True	0	≥0	False	Region specific value of lost load
Internal VoLL Level	MWh	True	0		False	Level of unserved energy to which the VoLL applies to.
Is Strategic	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If the Region's Generators are included in Competition modelling.
Load	MW	True	0		False	Load
Load Includes Losses	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	Flag if input load includes transmission losses
Load Metering Point	-	False	0	In (0,1)	False	Metering point for input loads in the region
Load Scalar	-	True	1		False	Scale factor for raw load figures (to convert as required to nodal load)
Load Settlement Model	-	False	2	In (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)	False	Model used to determine price paid by loads.
LOLP Target	%	False	0	Between 0 And 100	False	Loss of Load Probability target for this region
Maintenance Factor	-	False	1	≥0	False	Maintenance factor
Max Capacity Reserve Margin	%	False	1E+30		False	Maximum capacity reserve margin for capacity planning
Max Capacity Reserves	MW	False	1E+30		False	Maximum capacity reserves allowed
Max Maintenance	MW	False	1E+30	≥0	False	Maximum generation capacity allowed to be scheduled on maintenance
Min Capacity Reserve Margin	%	False	-1E+30		False	Minimum capacity reserve margin for capacity planning
Min Capacity Reserves	MW	False	-1E+30		False	Minimum capacity reserves allowed
Min Native Capacity Reserve Margin	%	False	-1E+30		False	Minimum capacity reserve margin supplied only by sources in the Region
Min Native Capacity Reserves	MW	False	-1E+30		False	Minimum capacity reserves supplied only by sources in the Region
MLF Adjusts Bid Price	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If Purchaser [Marginal Loss Factor] adjusts [Bid Price].
MLF Adjusts No Load Cost	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If Generator [Marginal Loss Factor] adjusts [Offer No Load Cost].
MLF Adjusts Offer Price	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If Generator [Marginal Loss Factor] adjusts [Offer Price].
MLF Adjusts Start Cost	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If Generator [Marginal Loss Factor] adjusts [Start Cost].
Peak Period	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	Indicates periods that include the peak load
Pool Type	-	False	0	In (0,1)	False	Gross or Net Pool for settlement of Financial Contracts in the Region.
Price	$/MWh	False	0		False	Price
Price Cap	$/MWh	False	1E+30		False	Cap on generator offer prices
Price Floor	$/MWh	False	-1E+30		False	Floor on generator offer prices
Price of Dump Energy	$/MWh	False	-1000		False	Price of dump energy per MWh (1=hard constraint)
Reference Load	MW	False	1		False	Reference load for distributed load slack model
Report Marginal Resources	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If marginal resources are reported for the region in the solution
Report Objects in Region	-	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If objects in the Region such as Nodes, Lines, Generators, etc should be reported.
Solution Detail	-	False	1	In (1,2,3)	False	Solution detail to be used for the region
Transmission Clustering Level	-	False	-1		False	Cluster nodes until this number of equivalent nodes remain (-1 means no clustering)
Transmission Clustering Tolerance	%	False	100	Between 0 and 100	False	Cluster nodes until this level of accuracy is reached (100% means no clustering)
Transmission Constraint Voltage Threshold	kV	False	0	≥0	False	Voltage level at which thermal limits are modeled in this region.
Transmission Constraints Enabled	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If transmission line constraints are enabled in this region.
Transmission Interface Constraints Enabled	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If interface constraints are enabled in this region.
Transmission Report Enabled	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If transmission reporting is enabled in this region.
Transmission Report Injection and Load Nodes	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If all injection and load buses (nodes) are reported on (regardless of voltage) in this region.
Transmission Report Lines In Interfaces	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If all flows on lines selected interfaces are reported in this region.
Transmission Report Voltage Threshold	kV	False	0	≥0	False	Voltage level at which transmission reporting begins in this region.
Uniform Pricing Pumped Storage Price Setting	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If pumped storage can set the SMP
Uniform Pricing Relax Ancillary Services	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If ancillary service requirements are relaxed in calculating SMP
Uniform Pricing Relax Generator Constraints	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If generator non-technical constraints are relaxed in calculating SMP
Uniform Pricing Relax Generic Constraints	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If other generic constraints are relaxed in calculating SMP
Uniform Pricing Relax Transmission Limits	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If transmission limits are relaxed in calculating SMP
Units	-	False	1	In (0,1)	True	Flag if the Region is included in the simulation.
Unserved Energy Method	-	False	0	In (0,1,2,3)	False	Unserved Energy Method to be used for the region
Uplift Alpha	-	False	1		False	Alpha parameter for SEM-style uplift payment (weight on total generation revenues)
Uplift Beta	-	False	0		False	Beta parameter for SEM-style uplift payment (weight on squared deviations from shadow price)
Uplift Compatibility	-	False	1	In (1,2,3)	False	Uplift calculation compatibility (match to market being modelled)
Uplift Cost Basis	-	False	1	In (1,2)	False	Basis for calculating generation cost for uplift calculations (cost-based or bid-base)
Uplift Delta	-	False	5		False	Delta parameter for SEM-style uplift payment (proportion of shadow total system revenues after uplift)
Uplift Detect Active Min Stable Level Constraints	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If the uplift calculation should exclude units running at min stable level
Uplift Detect Active Ramp Constraints	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If the uplift calculation should exclude generators on ramp limits
Uplift Enabled	Yes/No	False	0	In (0,-1)	False	If uplift is added to market prices
Uplift Include No-Load Cost	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If the uplift calculation should include recovery of no-load costs
Uplift Include Start Cost	Yes/No	False	-1	In (0,-1)	False	If the uplift calculation should include recovery of start costs
VoLL	$/MWh	False	10000		False	Value of lost load (VoLL)
Wheeling Charge	$/MWh	False	0		False	Wheeling charge on exports from the region
Wheeling Method	-	False	1	In (1,2)	False	Export wheeling charge method
x	-	True	0		False	Value to pass-through to solution
y	-	True	0		False	Value to pass-through to solution
z	-	True	0		False	Value to pass-through to solution

Region Emissions Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Max Production	kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region
Max Production Day	tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region per day
Max Production Hour	kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region per hour
Max Production Month	tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region per month
Max Production Week	tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region per week
Max Production Year	tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	False	0		False	Maximum total emission production by emission producers in the region per year

Region Regions Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Balancing Area Interchange Hurdle	$/MWh	False	0		False	Financial hurdle rate for exports from the region
Firm Exports	MW	False	0		False	The firm exports from the parent region to the child regions for Capacity Expansion Decomposition
Max Balancing Area Interchange	MW	False	1E+30		False	Maximum financial exports
Max Flow	MW	False	1E+30		False	Maximum flow allowed between the regions
Wheeling Charge	$/MWh	False	0		False	Wheeling charge for exports to the region

Region Constraints Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Capacity Reserves Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total capacity reserves
Committed Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity committed in the region
Dump Energy Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of dump energy (over generation)
Export Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of export capacity built
Export Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of export capacity
Firm Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total generator [Firm Capacity]
Generation Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity built
Generation Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total generation capacity
Generation Capacity Retired Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity retired
Generation Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of region generation
Generator Build Cost Coefficient	$	False	0		False	Coefficient of total cost of generator builds
Generators Built Coefficient	-	False	0		False	Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any generation capacity is built to date
Generators Built in Year Coefficient	-	False	0		False	Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any generation capacity is built in the year
Import Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of import capacity built
Import Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of import capacity
Load Coefficient	MW	True	0		False	Coefficient of region load
Load Squared Coefficient	-	True	0		False	Coefficient of the square of region load
Net Load Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of load net of unserved and dump energy
Peak Load Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of annual peak load
Unserved Energy Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of unserved energy

Region Objectives Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Capacity Reserves Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total capacity reserves
Committed Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity committed in the region
Dump Energy Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of dump energy (over generation)
Export Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of export capacity built
Export Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of export capacity
Firm Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total generator [Firm Capacity]
Generation Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity built
Generation Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of total generation capacity
Generation Capacity Retired Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of generation capacity retired
Generation Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of region generation
Generator Build Cost Coefficient	$	False	0		False	Coefficient of total cost of generator builds
Generators Built Coefficient	-	False	0		False	Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any generation capacity is built to date
Generators Built in Year Coefficient	-	False	0		False	Coefficient on binary variable indicating if any generation capacity is built in the year
Import Capacity Built Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of import capacity built
Import Capacity Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of import capacity
Load Coefficient	MW	True	0		False	Coefficient of region load
Load Squared Coefficient	-	True	0		False	Coefficient of the square of region load
Net Load Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of load net of unserved and dump energy
Peak Load Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of annual peak load
Unserved Energy Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of unserved energy

Region Conditions Input Properties

Name	Units	Multi-band	Default Value	Validation Rule	Key Property	Description
Available Capacity Reserves Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of region available capacity reserves in condition
Capacity Reserves Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of region capacity reserves in condition
Load Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of region demand in condition
Price Coefficient	$/MWh	False	0		False	Coefficient of region price in condition
Unserved Energy Coefficient	MW	False	0		False	Coefficient of unserved energy in condition

Region Output Properties

Name	Summary Name	Property Group	Phases	Multi-band	Description
Abatement Cost - $	Abatement Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of emission abatement
Annualized Build Cost - $000	Annualized Build Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Annualized cost of generating units built
Available Capacity - MW	Available Energy - GWh	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Available capacity
Available Capacity Margin - %	Available Capacity Margin - %	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity Reserve Margin based on Available Capacity
Available Capacity Reserves - MW	Available Capacity Reserves - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity Reserves based on Available Capacity
Balancing Area Interchange Exports - MW	Balancing Area Interchange Exports - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Financial exports from the region.
Balancing Area Interchange Exports Revenue - $	Balancing Area Interchange Exports Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Revenue from financial exports from the region.
Balancing Area Interchange Imports - MW	Balancing Area Interchange Imports - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Financial imports to the region.
Balancing Area Interchange Imports Cost - $	Balancing Area Interchange Imports Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of financial imports to the region.
Battery Generation - MW	Battery Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation from batteries
Battery Load - MW	Battery Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Charging load from batteries
Capacity Excess - MW	Capacity Excess - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Capacity excess (above Max Capacity Reserves)
Capacity Excess Cost - $	Capacity Excess Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of capacity excess priced at [Capacity Excess Price].
Capacity Payments - $	Capacity Payments - $000	Expansion	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Payments made for capacity
Capacity Price - $/kW/yr	Capacity Price - $/kW/yr	Expansion	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Average price paid for capacity in the region
Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity reserve margin
Capacity Reserves - MW	Capacity Reserves - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity reserves (net of Peak Load)
Capacity Shadow Price - $/kW/yr	Capacity Shadow Price - $/kW/yr	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Shadow price of capacity
Capacity Shortage - MW	Capacity Shortage - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Capacity shortage (below Min Capacity Reserves)
Capacity Shortage Cost - $	Capacity Shortage Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of capacity shortage priced at [Capacity Shortage Price].
Charging Station Deferred Load - MW	Charging Station Deferred Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from Charging Stations deferred
Charging Station Generation - MW	Charging Station Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation from Charging Stations
Charging Station Hours Deferred - h	Charging Station Hours Deferred - h	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Average hours Charging Station load is deferred in the period
Charging Station Load - MW	Charging Station Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from Charging Stations
Cleared DSP Bid Cost - $	Cleared DSP Bid Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Value of cleared demand-side participation bids
Cleared DSP Bid Price - $/MWh	Cleared DSP Bid Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Price of marginal demand-side participation bid band
Cleared Offer Cost - $	Cleared Offer Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Area cleared under generator offer curve
Cleared Reserve Offer Cost - $	Cleared Reserve Offer Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Area cleared under reserve offer curve
Constrained Off Cost - $	Constrained Off Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Constrained off cost
Constrained On Cost - $	Constrained On Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Constrained on cost
Contract Generation - MW	Contract Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation from physical contracts
Contract Generation Capacity - MW	Contract Generation Capacity - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Physical contract generation capacity
Contract Load - MW	Contract Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from physical contracts
Contract Load Obligation - MW	Contract Load Obligation - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Physical contract load obligation
Contract Settlement - $	Contract Settlement - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Monies received (+ve) or paid out (-ve) on contracts
Contract Volume - MW	Contract Volume - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Contract volume
Cost of Curtailment - $	Cost of Curtailment - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of demand-side participation bids cleared
Cost of Dump Energy - $	Cost of Dump Energy - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of dump energy.
Cost of Unserved Energy - $	Cost of Unserved Energy - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of unserved energy.
Cost to Load - $	Cost to Load - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost to load of their energy purchases
Curtailable Load - MW	Curtailable Load - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Curtailable (dispatchable) load
Customer Load - MW	Customer Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load net of generator auxiliaries and losses
Demand Curtailed - MW	Demand Curtailed - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Demand-side participation bids cleared
Discrete Maintenance - MW	Discrete Maintenance - GWh	Reliability	PASA	False	Discrete maintenance (defined by Units Out)
Dispatchable Capacity - MW		Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	On-line capacity
Distributed Maintenance - MW	Distributed Maintenance - GWh	Reliability	PASA	False	Maintenance notionally allocated to period
DSP Bid Cleared - MW	DSP Bid Cleared - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Quantity cleared in demand-side participation bid band
DSP Bid Price - $/MWh	DSP Bid Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Bid price for demand-side participation
DSP Bid Quantity - MW	DSP Bid Quantity - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Bid quantity for demand-side participation
Dump Energy - MW	Dump Energy - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Dump energy
Dump Energy Hours - h	Dump Energy Hours - h	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Number of hours of dump energy.
EDNS - MW	EDNS - MW	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Expected Demand Not Served (summary type "Average")
EENS - MWh	EENS - MWh	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Expected energy not served (summary type "Sum")
Emissions Cost - $	Emissions Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost from production of emissions
Export Capacity - MW	Export Capacity - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total export capacity from the Region
Export Capacity Built - MW	Export Capacity Built - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Additional export capacity from the Region due to transmission expansion.
Export Capacity Retired - MW	Export Capacity Retired - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Reduction in export capacity from the Region due to transmission retirements.
Export Cost - $	Export Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of exports
Exports - MW	Exports - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Exports
Facility Generation - MW	Facility Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation from connected Facilities
Facility Load - MW	Facility Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from connected Facilities
Firm Generation Capacity - MW	Firm Generation Capacity - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Region Firm Generation Capacity is based on the Firm Capacity of all the generators in the region.
Fixed Generation - MW	Fixed Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Fixed (or embedded) generation
Fixed Load - MW	Fixed Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Fixed load
Flexibility Down - MW	Flexibility Down - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of generation that could be unloaded
Flexibility Up - MW	Flexibility Up - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of additional generation that could be provided
Forced Outage - MW	Forced Outage - GWh	Reliability	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity forced out
Gas Plant Load - MW	Gas Plant Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Gas Plant electric load
Gas Storage Load - MW	Gas Storage Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Gas Storage electric load
Generation - MW	Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation
Generation Capacity - MW	Generation Capacity - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total installed generation capacity
Generation Capacity Built - MW	Generation Capacity Built - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Generation capacity built
Generation Capacity Curtailed - MW	Generation Capacity Curtailed - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of non-positive-priced generation curtailed.
Generation Capacity Retired - MW	Generation Capacity Retired - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Generation capacity retired
Generation Cost - $	Generation Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total variable cost of generation
Generation Sent Out - MW	Generation Sent Out - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation net of auxiliaries
Generation-weighted Price - $/MWh	Generation-weighted Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation-weighted average price
Generator Auxiliary Use - MW	Generator Auxiliary Use - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from generator auxiliaries
Generator Build Cost - $000	Generator Build Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of units built
Generator FO&M Cost - $	Generator FO&M Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total fixed operations and maintenance costs
Generator Monopoly Rent - $	Generator Monopoly Rent - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generator monopoly rent from competitive bidding
Generator Net Pool Revenue - $	Generator Net Pool Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generator pool revenue net of contracts and pump load cost
Generator Net Profit - $	Generator Net Profit - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net profit from generators in region
Generator Net Revenue - $	Generator Net Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generator net revenue (producer surplus)
Generator Pool Revenue - $	Generator Pool Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total generator pool revenue
Generator Pump Cost - $	Generator Pump Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of load to pump storage generators
Generator Retirement Cost - $000	Generator Retirement Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of units retired
Generator Start & Shutdown Cost - $	Generator Start & Shutdown Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of generating unit starts and shutdowns
Heat Plant Load - MW	Heat Plant Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Heat Plant electric load
Hours at Minimum - h	Hours at Minimum - h	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Number of hours that generation is constrained to minimum.
Hours Generation Curtailed - h	Hours Generation Curtailed - h	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Number of hours that non-positive-priced generation has been curtailed.
Import Capacity - MW	Import Capacity - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total import capacity from the Region
Import Capacity Built - MW	Import Capacity Built - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Additional import capacity from the Region due to transmission expansion.
Import Capacity Retired - MW	Import Capacity Retired - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Reduction in import capacity from the Region due to transmission retirements.
Import Revenue - $	Import Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Revenue from imports
Imports - MW	Imports - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Imports
Inertia - MW·s	Inertia - GW·s	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of inertia
Inflexible Generation - MW	Inflexible Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of generation capacity constrained on and inflexible.
Interregional Transmission Losses - MW	Interregional Transmission Losses - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total inter-regional losses assigned to region
Interregional Transmission Rental - $	Interregional Transmission Rental - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Share of interregional transmission rentals
Intraregional Transmission Losses - MW	Intraregional Transmission Losses - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total losses on all intraregional lines
Intraregional Transmission Rental - $	Intraregional Transmission Rental - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total transmission rental on intraregional lines
Levelized Cost - $/MWh	Levelized Cost - $/MWh	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Levelized cost of electricity
Load - MW	Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load
Load-weighted Price - $/MWh	Load-weighted Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load weighted average price
LOLE - day	LOLE - day	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Number of days of outage (summary type "Sum")
LOLP - %	LOLP - %	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Loss of load probability (summary type "Average")
Lower Reserve - MW	Lower Reserve - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of lower (spin down) reserve
LRMC - $/MWh	LRMC - $/MWh	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Long-run marginal cost of production
Maintenance - MW	Maintenance - GWh	Reliability	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity out on maintenance
Maintenance Factor	Maintenance Factor	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Maintenance factor
Max Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Max Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Maximum capacity reserve margin for capacity planning
Max Capacity Reserves - MW	Max Capacity Reserves - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Maximum capacity reserves allowed
Max Unserved Energy - MW	Max Unserved Energy - MW	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Maximum unserved energy
Min Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Min Capacity Reserve Margin - %	Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Minimum capacity reserve margin for capacity planning
Min Capacity Reserves - MW	Min Capacity Reserves - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Minimum capacity reserves allowed
Min Load - MW	Min Load - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Minimum load across the current period
Multi-area LOLE - day	Multi-area LOLE - day	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Number of days of outage including assistants from other connected regions (summary type "Sum")
Multi-area LOLP - %	Multi-area LOLP - %	Reliability	LT Plan, PASA	False	Loss of load probability considering assistance from other connected regions
Native Load - MW	Native Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Native load
Net Balancing Area Interchange - MW	Net Balancing Area Interchange - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net Financial Interchange in the region (Financial Exports - Financial Imports).
Net Balancing Area Interchange Revenue - $	Net Balancing Area Interchange Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net Financial Revenue (Financial Export Revenue - Financial Imports Cost).
Net Capacity Interchange - MW	Net Capacity Interchange - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Export Capability - Import Capability
Net Contract Load - MW	Net Contract Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net of contract sales and generation
Net Cost of Exports - $	Net Cost of Exports - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net cost of exports
Net Cost to Load - $	Net Cost to Load - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost to load of their energy purchases net of contracts
Net Generation - MW	Net Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation net of pump load
Net Interchange - MW	Net Interchange - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Exports - Imports
Net Market Profit - $	Net Market Profit - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net profit from all market nodes
Net Market Sales - MW	Net Market Sales - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net sales to external energy markets
No Cost Generation Capacity - MW	No Cost Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity available at no cost.
Non-Utility Contract Settlement - $	Non-Utility Contract Settlement - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Non-utility generator contract settlement
Non-Utility Monopoly Rent - $	Non-Utility Monopoly Rent - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generator monopoly rent from competitive bidding
Non-Utility Net Revenue - $	Non-Utility Net Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Non-utility generator net revenue (producer surplus)
Outage - MW	Outage - GWh	Reliability	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity lost to outage
Peak Load - MW	Peak Load - MW	Capacity	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Peak load
Planning Peak Load - MW	Planning Peak Load - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Peak load in the current capacity optimization period (e.g. year)
Price - $/MWh	Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Price
Price-Cost Mark-up	Price-Cost Mark-up	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Price Cost Mark-up (P-C)/C
Pump Generation - MW	Pump Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation from pumped storage
Pump Load - MW	Pump Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load drawn by pump storage generators
Purchaser Load - MW	Purchaser Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load from cleared purchaser bids
Raise Reserve - MW	Raise Reserve - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of raise (spin up) reserve
Ramp Flexibility Down - MW	Ramp Flexibility Down - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of unused ramp down capability
Ramp Flexibility Up - MW	Ramp Flexibility Up - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Amount of unused ramp up capability
Regulation Lower Reserve - MW	Regulation Lower Reserve - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of regulation lower reserve
Regulation Raise Reserve - MW	Regulation Raise Reserve - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of regulation raise reserve
Replacement Reserve - MW	Replacement Reserve - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Provision of replacement reserve
Settlement Surplus - $	Settlement Surplus - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Difference between cost to load and generator revenue
Shadow Cost to Load - $	Shadow Cost to Load - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost to load of their energy purchases based on [Shadow Price].
Shadow Generation - MW	Shadow Generation - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation before uplift or Competition models.
Shadow Generation Capacity Built - MW	Shadow Generation Capacity Built - MW	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Generation capacity built before Competition models.
Shadow Load - MW	Shadow Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Load before uplift or Competition models.
Shadow Price - $/MWh	Shadow Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Price before uplift or mark-ups models.
SRMC - $/MWh	SRMC - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Highest short-run marginal cost of running generators
Time-weighted Price - $/MWh	Time-weighted Price - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Time weighted average price
Total Cost - $000	Total Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Total of fixed and variable generation costs
Total Fixed Costs - $	Total Fixed Costs - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total fixed costs (fixed O&M, equity, debt)
Total Generation Cost - $	Total Generation Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total generation cost including fuel, VO&M, start and shutdown costs and emissions costs.
Total Generator Revenue - $	Total Generator Revenue - $000	Expansion	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total generator revenue including capacity payments.
Total System Cost - $	Total System Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total system cost including fuel, VO&M, start and shutdown costs, emissions costs and ramp costs.
Transmission Build Cost - $000	Transmission Build Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of transmission lines built
Transmission Control Rental - $	Transmission Control Rental - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Rental from penalties on changes in flow control angles and DC line flows
Transmission Losses - MW	Transmission Losses - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total transmission losses
Transmission Rental - $	Transmission Rental - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Total transmission rental
Transmission Retirement Cost - $000	Transmission Retirement Cost - $000	Expansion	LT Plan	False	Cost of transmission lines retired
Undispatched Capacity - MW		Capacity	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Capacity on-line but undispatched
Unserved Energy - MW	Unserved Energy - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Unserved energy (USE)
Unserved Energy Factor - %	Unserved Energy Factor - %	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Ratio of unserved energy to load
Unserved Energy Hours - h	Unserved Energy Hours - h	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Number of hours of unserved energy (USE).
Uplift - $/MWh	Uplift - $/MWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Uplift to uniform price due to no load cost and start costs
Utility Contract Settlement - $	Utility Contract Settlement - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Utility generator contract settlement
Utility Monopoly Rent - $	Utility Monopoly Rent - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generator monopoly rent from competitive bidding
Utility Net Revenue - $	Utility Net Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Utility generator net revenue (producer surplus)
Water Plant Load - MW	Water Plant Load - GWh	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Water Plant electric load
Wheeling Cost - $	Wheeling Cost - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Wheeling cost
Wheeling Revenue - $	Wheeling Revenue - $000	Production	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Wheeling revenue on exports from the region
x	x	Pass-through	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Value to pass-through to solution
y	y	Pass-through	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Value to pass-through to solution
z	z	Pass-through	LT Plan, PASA, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	True	Value to pass-through to solution

Region.Emissions Output Properties

Name	Summary Name	Property Group	Phases	Multi-band	Description
Abatement - kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	Abatement - tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emissions abated
Abatement Cost - $	Abatement Cost - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of emission abatement
Cost - $	Cost - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emission cost
Generation - MW	Generation - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Generation associated with the emission
Gross Production - kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	Gross Production - tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emissions prior to removal or abatement
Intensity - kg/MWh (Metric), lb/MWh (U.S. Imperial)	Intensity - kg/MWh (Metric), lb/MWh (U.S. Imperial)	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emission intensity of generation
Production - kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	Production - tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emissions
Removal - kg (Metric), lb (U.S. Imperial)	Removal - tonne (Metric), ton (U.S. Imperial)	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Emissions removed
Removal Cost - $	Removal Cost - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of emission removal

Region.Regions Output Properties

Name	Summary Name	Property Group	Phases	Multi-band	Description
Available Transfer Capability - MW	Available Transfer Capability - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Available transfer capability between the regions in the reference direction.
Available Transfer Capability Back - MW	Available Transfer Capability Back - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Available transfer capability between the regions in the counter-reference direction.
Balancing Area Interchange Exports - MW	Balancing Area Interchange Exports - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Financial exports from the region
Balancing Area Interchange Exports Revenue - $	Balancing Area Interchange Exports Revenue - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Revenue from financial exports from the region
Balancing Area Interchange Imports - MW	Balancing Area Interchange Imports - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Financial imports to the region
Balancing Area Interchange Imports Cost - $	Balancing Area Interchange Imports Cost - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Cost of financial imports to the region
Exports - MW	Exports - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Exports to region
Imports - MW	Imports - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Imports from region
Net Balancing Area Interchange - MW	Net Balancing Area Interchange - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net Financial Interchange (Financial Exports - Financial Imports) from parent region to child region.
Net Balancing Area Interchange Revenue - $	Net Balancing Area Interchange Revenue - $000	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net Financial Revenue (Financial Export Revenue - Financial Imports Cost)
Net Interchange - MW	Net Interchange - GWh	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Net interchange to region (exports - imports)
Wheeling Cost - $	Wheeling Cost - $	-	LT Plan, MT Schedule, ST Schedule	False	Wheeling cost on exports to the region