For setup and usage information, please refer to the Hidden Parameters technical reference.
| Class | Parameter Name | Type | Default | Validation | Multi‑band | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | CompiledConstraints | Boolean | false | false | Enable a detailed report of compiled constraints. Normally, activity violation properties for a constraint are only reported for user defined constraints. | |
| Report | Locale | String | null | false | Global Culture format | |
| Model | EncryptData | Boolean | false | 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 | FlatFileRoundingDP | Integer | 8 | > 0 | false | Rounding precision in flat file writing. |
| Model | IncludeInputData | Boolean | false | false | If the input dataset should be included in the solution file, which is used with the CIM exporter functionality. | |
| Model | IncludeMaintenanceInReliabilityIndices | Boolean | true | false | Include the distributed maintenance in reliability indices calculation. Discrete maintenance is always included. | |
| Model | IncludeModelNameInFilenames | Boolean | true | false | If the Model name should be included in the filenames such as LP and other diagnostic files. | |
| Model | MaxConditionConvergenceIterations | Integer | 4 | > 0 | false | Used to define the maximum number of iterations in the condition convergence algorithm. |
| Model | RunMode_PASA | Integer | 0 | In (0,1) | false | 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) | false | 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) | false | 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) | false | 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 | false | Setting to true will suppress commencing forced outages in the "day-ahead" model of an interleaved execution. | |
| Model | SuppressRescalingSampledData | Boolean | false | false | Setting to true will suppress rescaling the sampled data (eg. load, wind, solar) in sampled chronology. | |
| Model | SuppressRescalingSpecificInputs | Boolean | true | false | False or 0 - Do not suppress rescaling the sampled data of which the input values are within the range of [0,1]. This does not apply to properties with percentage unit (%), such as Rating Factor, Max Capacity Factor and etc., thus percentage inputs will not be rescaled. True or 1 - Do suppress rescaling the sampled data of which the input values are within the range of [0,1]. 2 - Do not suppress rescaling the sampled data of which the input values are within the range of [0,1] or properties with percentage unit (%). | |
| Model | SculptSampleForTotalValues | Boolean | true | false | Setting to true will apply additional sculpting to the sampled data (eg. load, wind, solar) to match the total input values in sampled chronology. This parameter will not override parameters SuppressRescalingSampledData or SuppressRescalingSpecificInputs. | |
| Model | UseDatafileObjectLookup | String() | null | false | Used to define variable's which will have their name mapped to objects names for data file values look up. If a variable is defined to use DatafileObjectLookup, then in the data file reading process, PLEXOS will find the objects' name instead of variable's name (the objects tagged to current variable), when reading object names from columns. Users can use one such variable for multiple objects instead of creating one variable for each object. Note, maximum only one such variable can be set per object. | |
| Model | UseQuadraticRescaleProfile | Boolean | true | false | Option to use Quadratic growth method in rescaling the sampled data if the fitting using Linear method is not ideal, setting to false will revert to the original Linear method. | |
| Model | WriteInputGenericObjects | Boolean | false | false | In the case of 'Write Input' is checked, if 'WriteInputGenericObjects' is true, then keep generated objects and remove original objects in the new generated input .xml file and vice versa. | |
| Model | PowerstationAggregationMode | Integer | 0 | In (0,1,2) | false | Mode setting for the run-time auto-powerstation aggregation. 0 = None; No automatic aggregation will take place. The user defined powerstations will be used. 1 = By name; Nodes are grouped by similar names, then generators in those groups are queried and grouped by similar name, while matching the memberships and properties defined. 2 = By geo-location; Nodes are grouped by the geo-location defined (longitude and latitude), then generators in those groups are queried, matching the memberships and properties defined. |
| Model | PowerstationAggregationAuto_Diagnostic | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the auto-generation diagnostic should be written out. This will provide information about the powerstation objects created and the generator memberships detected. It can be used to manually add these powerstations into the input dataset, where these can be modified or enabled/disabled. | |
| LTPlan | AlwaysAllowMarginalResourceReporting | Boolean | false | false | When set to true this allows the marginal resource reporting to take place for the LT Plan phase even if the MT Schedule or ST Schedule is also enabled. Note: the Report Marginal Resources property must also be set to true for any regions for which the reporting is to be done. | |
| LTPlan | HistoricalSamplingInDeterministicMode | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the expected value should be based on the historical sampling along the scenario tree (with hanging branches defined) in a deterministic LT phase. By default, the hanging branches will be ignored in a deterministic or non-stochastic mode. | |
| LTPlan | AverageSamples | Boolean | false | false | Controls averaging of loads when LT Plan Chronology = "Sampled". | |
| LTPlan | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in LT Plan when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| LTPlan | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in LT Plan when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| LTPlan | IncludeAnnuityInPerpetuity | Boolean | false | false | Flag if perpetuity is applied indefinitely into the future for annuity calculations. Otherwise the annuity calculations only continue through the economic life when using perpetuity. | |
| LTPlan | IncludeMarketInRegionCapacity | Boolean | true | false | Include Markets in region reserve capacity calculation. | |
| LTPlan | ResolutionBlockCount | Integer() | null | >=1 | true | Number of blocks fitted to each [Resolution Type] period. |
| LTPlan | ResolutionIntervalCount | Integer() | null | >=1 | true | Number of intervals in the Horizon that this band of resolution applies to. |
| LTPlan | ResolutionType | Integer() | null | In (1,2,3,4,7) | true | [Resolution Block Count] number of periods will be fitted to each of these period types in the Horizon. 1=day, 2=week, 3=month, 4=year, 7=quarter. |
| LTPlan | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in LT Plan. | |
| LTPlan | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in LT Plan. | |
| LTPlan | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Integer | null | In (0,1,2) | false | Detect and correct non-physical losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always). |
| LTPlan | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | false | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality. |
| LTPlan | UseOriginalPerpetuityLogic | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the perpetuity logic from 8.3R07 and prior versions should be used. | |
| MTSchedule | AlwaysAllowMarginalResourceReporting | Boolean | false | false | When set to true this allows the marginal resource reporting to take place for the MT Schedule phase even if the ST Schedule is also enabled. Note: the Report Marginal Resources property must also be set to true for any regions for which the reporting is to be done. | |
| MTSchedule | AverageSamples | Boolean | false | false | Controls averaging of loads when MT Schedule Chronology = "Sampled". | |
| MTSchedule | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in MT Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| MTSchedule | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in MT Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| MTSchedule | GasFieldMinPercentSecondPass | Double | 100.0 | false | Percent by which Gas Field min constraints are scaled in the second MT Schedule solve when SecondGasStorageTargetPass is True. | |
| MTSchedule | ResolutionBlockCount | Integer() | null | >=1 | true | Number of blocks fitted to each [Resolution Type] period. |
| MTSchedule | ResolutionIntervalCount | Integer() | null | >=1 | true | Number of intervals in the Horizon that this band of resolution applies to. |
| MTSchedule | ResolutionType | Integer() | null | In (1,2,3,4,7) | true | [Resolution Block Count] number of periods will be fitted to each of these period types in the Horizon. 1=day, 2=week, 3=month, 4=year, 7=quarter. |
| MTSchedule | RunSDDPafterRollingHorizon | Boolean | true | false | Flag if manually switch off running SDDP after Rolling Horizon. | |
| MTSchedule | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in MT Schedule. | |
| MTSchedule | SampledYearCount | Integer | 0 | > 0 | false | This is the other option to invoke year sampling in MT Schedule, i.e. automatically select "N" years out of total horizon years. N = 0 means no year sampling. |
| MTSchedule | SampledYearList | Integer() | null | false | A list of sample years manually selected for MT Schedule in Sampled chronology, years not contained in the list will be skipped. | |
| MTSchedule | SecondGasStorageTargetPass | Boolean | false | false | Flag if a second solve is done in MT Schedule which sets Gas Storage targets based on the solution to the first solve. | |
| MTSchedule | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in MT Schedule. | |
| MTSchedule | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Integer | null | In (0,1,2) | false | Detect and correct non-physical transmission losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always) |
| MTSchedule | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | false | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality |
| STSchedule | BertrandEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Bertrand competition is enabled in ST Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| STSchedule | CournotEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Cournot competition is enabled in ST Schedule when it is also enabled in the Competition settings. | |
| STSchedule | RunUpDownEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run up/down or start/shutdown profile is allowed in ST Schedule. | |
| STSchedule | StartStopEnabled | Boolean | true | false | Flag if run start/shutdown decisions are modelled in ST Schedule. | |
| STSchedule | Transmission_DetectNonphysicalLosses | Integer | null | In (0,1,2) | false | Detect and correct non-physical transmission losses (0=Never,1=Auto,2=Always) |
| STSchedule | UnitCommitmentOptimality | Integer | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | false | Overrides Production Unit Commitment Optimality |
| Production | AccountForHeadPotenialEnergy | Boolean | false | false | Accounts for the potential energy of a head storage with regards to Reserve provision, i.e. reserve is limited to the remaining potential energy in the storage. | |
| Production | DisableOfferBandReduction | Boolean | false | false | Flag to disable the simplification of offer bands for Generators and Fuels. | |
| Production | EmissionsFormulateUpfront | Boolean | false | false | Flag if emissions are modelled as decision variables in the simulation rather than having their costs pre-computed and passed through to generation costs. | |
| Production | EmissionsShadowPriceUseProductionDual | Boolean | true | false | Flag if using the model generated emission shadow price (i.e. dual value of emission production variable) in emission cost reporting rather than using the user defined shadow price. | |
| Production | EnforceLinearUpDownConstraints | Boolean | false | false | This indicates whether min up time, min down time, max up time, and max down time are honored when running with linear commitment. In that case, the max up time and min down time constraints work together such that the total generation in any given period of length equal to the sum of the max up time and min down time is less than or equal to the max up time multiplied by the max capacity. Because integers are not being used, limits governing the operation of facilities for consecutive hours cannot be fully enforced. | |
| Production | FreezeTolerance | Double | -1.0 | false | The tolerance used when freezing the production of generators, batteries, and other facilities in the Uniform Pricing and other algorithms that require fixing the production at a solved value. | |
| Production | EqualizeGasContractTakeOverIntervals | Boolean | false | false | Forces equal Gas Contract Take Quantity for each interval. | |
| Production | FillMissingOfferPrices | Boolean | false | false | Flag if missing Generator Offer Price bands are filled with SRMC values or left to default. | |
| Production | FixedLoadAllUnits | Boolean | true | false | Flag if Generator Fixed Load is to be applied across all units, or per unit. | |
| Production | ForcedOutageRelaxesMinDownTime | Boolean | false | false | Flag if Generator Min Down Time is relaxed when a unit experiences a forced outage. | |
| Production | FormulateAllGeneratorRamp | Boolean | false | false | Flag if Generator ramp constraints should be included in the formulation even if the ramp rate is large enough that it would normally never bind. | |
| Production | HeadEffectsOptimality | Integer | 2 | In(1,2) | false | Optimality setting for hydro head effects (1=Integer Optimal, 2=Rounded Relaxation). |
| Production | HeadEffectsOptimalityRollingWindow | Integer | -1 | false | Size of the window over which to roll integer-fixing algorithm for head effects. | |
| Production | LinearMinStableCommitmentCorrection | Boolean | false | false | Setting to true when modelling Linear Relaxation Unit Commitment will cause unit commitment binaries to be ceiled in the output if Production/Generation exceeds Min Operating Level/Min Stable Level. This can increase the consistency of solutions yielded between solves. | |
| Production | OffersIncludeEmissions | Boolean | false | false | Flag if Generator [Offer Price] is assumed to include the shadow price of emissions. | |
| Production | RequireOptimalHeatSplit | Boolean | true | false | Flag if the heat output of a generator/heat plant/heat export node is optimally split among its heat output nodes. | |
| Production | SteamByPassControlMode | String | Outage | In(Free,Outage,Commitment) | false | The behaviour of the steam by-pass in the heat model. Free: by-pass is always open. Outage: by-pass is open only when the ST generator is out-of-service. Commitment: by-pass is open when ST generator is not committed. |
| Production | STGeneratorsWithoutCondenser | String() | null | false | Specify a list of steam turbine (ST) generator names that do not have a condenser. Names must be the same as in the model and are separated by a comma. | |
| Production | Tiebreaking | Boolean | false | false | Flag if tied Generator offers should be resolved. | |
| Production | TiebreakingPenalty | Double | 0.000001 | false | Penalty applied to tie-break constraints. | |
| Production | UseCumulativeGasDemandMethod | Boolean | false | false | When this undocumented parameter is set to true, Gas Demand is computed by applying all the usage factor bands up to the ending band where temperature of Heating Degree Day (HDD) falls into. If UF(i) is usage factor for band i and H(i) is heat point for band i, NodeHeatPoint is HDD or temperature falling in band n, then Gas Demand is computed using incremental value of heat points for each band as follows: Cumulative Demand = UF(1)*H(1) + UF(2)*(H(2)-H(1)) +..+ UF(n)* (NodeHeatPoint-H(n-1)) | |
| Production | UseGasNodeDeliveredPriceAsFuelShadowPrice | Boolean | true | false | Controls the [Fuel Price] calculation for a Generator connected to a Gas Node. If true, Generator [Fuel Price] comes from Gas Node [Delivered Price]. If false, it comes from the Gas Node [Price]. | |
| Production | SimultaneousFixedLoadAndMinLoad | Boolean | false | false | When True, [Fixed Load] overrides [Min Load] in an interval if [Fixed Load] is defined and positive. | |
| Transmission | CacheDataForCongestionInsights | Boolean | false | false | Flag if nodal solution data is written to a binary file during the simulation for later use in Congestion Insights. | |
| Transmission | CacheDataForContingencyScreening | Boolean | false | false | Flag if contingency screening data is written to a binary file during the simulation for later use in Congestion Insights. | |
| Transmission | DisableNPFCorrection | Boolean | false | false | Disable the non-physical flow correction process. This process is important when running in regional or zonal transmission detail but might result in longer running time. | |
| Transmission | KVThresholdForContingencyScreening | Double | 100 | false | KV threshold used to determine what lines are monitored in the contingency screening logic. | |
| Transmission | NPLRelativeTolerance | Double | 0.0001 | false | Threshold for detecting non-physical losses. Relative size of error. | |
| Transmission | NPLTolerance | Double | 0.0001 | false | Tolerance for detecting non-physical losses. | |
| Transmission | PumpBehaviourInUniformPricing | Integer | 0 | In(0,1) | false | Pumped storage behaviour in uniform pricing process. 0 (default): disable pumping and free storage bounds. 1: Freeze pumping at current solution and keep the storage bounds. |
| Transmission | ReportEstimatedLosses | Boolean | true | false | Flag if estimated line and transformer losses based on resistance values and flows should be reported when losses are not modeled explicitly in the formulation. | |
| Transmission | USETolerance | Double | 0.0001 | false | Minimum Region Unserved Energy before the interruption sharing algorithm is invoked. | |
| Transmission | PreContingencyLoadingPctThreshold | Double | 100.0 | false | Percent threshold for pre-contingency loading on a line/transformer used to determine what lines and transformers are reported for the contingency screening logic. | |
| Transmission | PostContingencyLoadingPctThreshold | Double | 100.0 | false | Percent threshold for post-contingency loading on a line/transformer used to determine what lines and transformers are reported for the contingency screening logic. | |
| Transmission | LoadingChangeWithContingencyPctThreshold | Double | 20.0 | false | Percent threshold for difference between post-contingency loading and pre-contingency loading on a line/transformer used to determine what lines and transformers are reported for the contingency screening logic. Loading changes is defined as (post-contingency flow - pre-contingency flow)/pre-contingency flow limit. | |
| Transmission | TopContingencyMonitoredCount | Integer | 1000 | false | Top number of contingency-monitored pairs to be reported for contingency screening logic. | |
| Transmission | TopContingencyCountPerScreeningElement | Integer | 12 | false | Top number of screen contingencies to be reported for a single screening element. | |
| Transmission | LODFThresholdForScreeningContingency | Double | 0.0001 | false | LODF threshold for considering the violation of a screen contingency. | |
| Capacity | RegionAssistingPriorities | Integer() | null | >=0 | false | The region assisting priority for calculating multi-area reliability indices. See Region Assisting Priority |
| Capacity | ZoneAssistingPriorities | Integer() | null | >=0 | false | The zone assisting priority for calculating multi-area reliability indices. See Zone Assisting Priority |
| Capacity | LineFullOutage | Boolean | false | false | When a line is out within a block, the users want to leave the line completely out (capacity = 0) | |
| Capacity | SpinningReserve_LTPlan | Boolean | false | false | Flag if derating the capacity of generators which have a min spinning provision in reliability calculations in LT Plan. | |
| Capacity | SpinningReserve_PASA | Boolean | false | false | Flag if derating the capacity of generators which have a min spinning provision in reliability calculations in PASA. | |
| Stochastic | ConvergentOutageAdjustMTTR | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the convergent outage logic should adjust the MTTR to avoid partial outages. | |
| Stochastic | CumulativeProbability | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the input Variable [Probability] is defined as Cumulative Probability in the range of (0, 100] | |
| Stochastic | GlobalDeterministicStage | Integer | 0 | false | Number of stages from root node where decision are taken before revealing uncertainty. | |
| Stochastic | GlobalFCFName | String() | FCF | true | Name of the FCF object when writing the FCF diagnostic file | |
| Stochastic | GlobalFCFObj | Double() | null | true | Array containing the FCF objective values | |
| Stochastic | LeavesExpFactor | Double | 1.0 | Between 0.0 And 1.0 | false | Overrides Global Tree Leaves Exp Factor |
| Stochastic | NonAnticipativitySense | Integer | 0 | In (-1,0,1) | false | Value = -1 ("less-than or equal-to"), Value = 0 ("equal to"), Value = 1 ("greater-than or equal-to") |
| Stochastic | PositionExpFactor | Double | 1.0 | Between 0.0 And 1.0 | false | Overrides Global Tree Position Exp Factor |
| Stochastic | SampleWeight | Double() | null | true | Overrides Global Sample Weight | |
| Stochastic | SampleWeightingMethod | Integer | 0 | false | Value = 0 ("Uniform"), Value = 1 ("Custom"). Custom uses sample weights defined by theSampleWeight argument. | |
| Stochastic | SimplifyFullBranches | Integer | 1 | In (0,1,2,3) | false | Options to simplify full branches on periods of which the solutions are not recorded in the roll step. 0 = no simplification, 1 = 1 block/stage, 2 = 1 block/stage for 12 months then one block, 3 = one block. The last two options only apply when hanging branches are defined. |
| Stochastic | SimplifyHangingBranchesAfterBranching | Boolean | true | false | Flag if hanging branches are simplified in detail after branching. | |
| Stochastic | SimplifyHangingBranchesBeforeBranching | Boolean | true | false | Flag if hanging branches are simplified in detail before branching. | |
| Stochastic | SDDPDisableMainBranch | Boolean | false | false | Flag if main (full) branch formulation should be disabled in the backward pass in SDDP Algorithm. | |
| Stochastic | SDDPIgnoreCriteria | Boolean | false | false | Flag if all convergence criteria should be ignored, so the SDDP passes will run up to the Iteration Limit (for the SDDP with one sample feature). | |
| Stochastic | StagesHangingBranches | Integer() | null | true | Overrides Global Tree Stages Hanging Branches | |
| Stochastic | StagesLeaves | Integer() | null | true | Overrides Global Tree Stages Leaves | |
| Stochastic | StagesPosition | Integer() | null | true | Overrides Global Tree Stages Position | |
| Stochastic | StepList | Integer() | null | false | 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 | TreeInfoInputFile | String | null | false | The scenario tree will be constructed based on the tree information in the input file. See Global Tree Info Input File | |
| Stochastic | WritePARMAParameters | Boolean | false | false | Write fitted PARMA parameters in a csv file for debugging purposes | |
| Stochastic | AlignChronologyToStages | Boolean | false | false | Flag if the partial chronology and hence storage balance should be aligned with the stages rather than calendar weeks/months. | |
| Stochastic | BrazilScenarioTreeErrorCount | Integer | 20 | > 0 | false | Number of raw samples generated for each stage of the Brazil tree before the scenario reduction. |
| Stochastic | BrazilScenarioTreeResamplingErrorCount | Integer | 10 | > 0 | false | Number of raw samples generated for each stage of the Brazil tree during SDDP resampling before the scenario reduction. |
| Stochastic | RollingHorizonDebug | Boolean | false | false | Used for debugging, this causes the tree weights to be remain constant between iterations of the rolling horizon making it easier to see other changes in the LP. | |
| Stochastic | RollingHorizonExitatIteration | Integer | Infinity | > 0 | false | Used for debugging, this causes the rolling horizon solution method to exit prematurely at the given iteration number. |
| Stochastic | RollingHorizonFixedVolumeTolerance | Double | 0.000001 | false | Tolerance for adjusting the bounds of end volume in the deterministic step of rolling horizon, to handle rounding errors especially when the volume is a very small value. | |
| Stochastic | SampleStagesPeriodType | Integer | 3 | In (0,1,2,3) | false | Overrides Global Tree Period Type |
| Stochastic | RollingHorizonOverlappingStages | Integer | 1 | >=0 | false | Number of stages overlapped between the roll steps of rolling horizon. |
| Stochastic | SDDPStageProgress | Boolean | true | false | Flag if progress is printed each SDDP stage during the iterations. | |
| Stochastic | SDDPSetFCVariablesFree | Boolean | true | false | Flag if a negative lower bound is needed for FC variables in the FCF formulation. (Set this to false could potentially improve performance if the problem has no negative future costs.) | |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_LTPlan | Boolean | false | false | Flag if formulate head effect in LT plan | |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_PASA | Boolean | false | false | Flag if formulate head effect in PASA phase | |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_MTSchedule | Boolean | false | false | Flag if formulate head effect in MT Schedule | |
| Storage | HeadEffectsIn_STSchedule | Boolean | false | false | Flag if formulate head effect in ST Schedule | |
| Storage | StorageRecycleIgnoreLookAhead | Boolean | false | false | Flag if Recycle period should not include look ahead periods | |
| Storage | StorageTargetIgnoreLookAhead | Boolean | false | false | Flag if Target period should not include look ahead periods | |
| Storage | PenalizeOverTarget | Boolean | false | false | Flag if penalize over-reaching of the target in setting Decomposition Method = "Targets". It applies to all storage types. | |
| Storage | DetectChangeInInitialVolume | Boolean | true | false | Flag if the change in Initial Volume is treated as an inflow | |
| Storage | ShadowPriceOutMode | Integer | 0 | In (0,1,2) | false | Shadow price output options for rolling horizon. (default = 0) 0 = dual value averaged across all branches of roll steps, 1 = dual value from the full branches of roll steps, 2 = dual value of deterministic steps. |
| SyntheticSeries | Variable | String | null | false | Name of the Variable object for which transformation is applied | |
| SyntheticSeries | TransformName | String | null | false | Type of transformation applied | |
| SyntheticSeries | ParameterName | String | null | false | Name of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Band | Integer | 1 | false | Band of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Value | Double | 0.0 | false | Value of transformation's parameter | |
| SyntheticSeries | Scenario | String | null | false | Scenario for which transformation is used | |
| Competition | ApplyStrategicAfterPricingStrategy | Boolean | false | false | Controls if Company Strategic constraints are applied before or after Competition Pricing Strategy | |
| Competition | NewBranchAndBoundMethod | Boolean | true | false | Flag if New branch and bound method (Short path problem formulation) is applied, otherwise use original branch and bound method | |
| Competition | MaxBranchAndBoundDepth | Integer | Infinity | >0 | false | Provide the maximum iterations for the marginal loss calculation in the Bertrand process. A high value will has higher accuracy but possibly longer running time. It should be set for the original branch and bound method only, used together with "NewBranchAndBoundMethod= false" |
| Diagnostic | FlowImpact | Boolean | false | false | Write diagnostics for flow impact. The associated Flow Impact GUI component is only available in PLEXOS 7.1 version. | |
| Diagnostic | FormulationList | Boolean | false | false | Write diagnostics for formulated dynamic constraints. | |
| Diagnostic | COPTStepFrom | Integer | 0 | >=0 | false | Write out the Capacity Outage Probability Table from this step (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTStepTo | Integer | 0 | >=0 | false | Write out the Capacity Outage Probability Table to this step (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTPeriodFrom | Integer | 0 | >=0 | false | Write out the Capacity Outage Probability Table from this period (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTPeriodTo | Integer | 0 | >=0 | false | Write out the Capacity Outage Probability Table to this period (included). |
| Diagnostic | COPTProbTolerance | Double | 0.000001 | >=0 | false | Probability tolerance for Capacity Outage Possibility Table. Note: The Compute Reliability Indices must be enabled in the phase to output this diagnostic. |
| Diagnostic | SaveSolutionAsBlock | Boolean | false | false | Save solutions as blocks in flat file format or to print csv's solution in blocks. | |
| Performance | CacheTextDatainMemory | Boolean | true | false | If external text data are cached to memory (faster). | |
| Performance | UseCplexForSDDP | Boolean | true | false | If the solver used for the SDDP solves in MT is automatically set to CPLEX. | |
| Performance | UseInterrupt | Boolean | false | false | If the solver enables the MIP Callback feature, i.e. the MIP solve can be interrupted when integer solutions are available. Please note that this feature can impact performance, for example CPLEX always disables dual and nonlinear reductions in presolve with this option enabled. | |
| GasField | IncrementalInput | Boolean | false | false | If Gas Field Production Volume is defined in an incremental format. | |
| Region | ExcludeProfitFromAmortizedCost | Boolean | false | false | If the Amortized cost should subtract the block profit. | |
| Region | SingleRegionLDC | String | Nothing | false | The name of a specific region who's load data will be used when creating the partial chronology, rather than the total system load. | |
| Region | DiagnoseDecompositionFiles | String | Nothing | false | Determines whether to keep or delete the temporary files created during Geographic, Chronological, or Capacity Expansion Decomposition. A value of "True" indicates the files should be kept. A value of "False" indicates the files should be deleted. | |
| Reserve | SetProvisionPrice | Boolean | false | false | If the objective function should include a small penalty on Reserve Provision to avoid over-providing the service. | |
| Reserve | UseEndContentsInConstraints | Boolean | false | false | Flag to indicate if the period end contents (instead of initial contents) should be used in reserve constraints that limit the reserve provision of storage generators based on the storage contents. | |
| RSI | SummerStartMonth | Integer | 5 | In (1,...,12) | false | Start month for RSI Summer Period. |
| RSI | SummerEndMonth | Integer | 10 | In (1,...,12) | false | End month for RSI Summer Period. |
| RSI | PeakStartHour | Integer | 7 | In (1,...,24) | false | Start hour for RSI Peak Period. |
| RSI | PeakEndHour | Integer | 22 | In (1,...,24) | false | Start hour for RSI Peak Period. |
| Constraint | ConditionMethod | Integer | 1 | In (0,1,2) | false | Method used to formulate/solve Constraints with Conditions (0=Ignore, 1=Iterate, 2=Optimize). |
| Constraint | CanBorrow | Boolean | true | false | Flag if the Constraint Borrow feature is enabled |