options.txt

# set default options for switch model

# control logging and reporting
--verbose 
--stream-solver
--sorted-output

# solver options
# note: we have to use a pretty wide mipgap (0.01=1%) to get solutions in reasonable time
# with discrete unit-commitment; using mipthreads=4 might also help
# (could also specify timelimit=7200 to stop after two hours)
#--solver=cplexamp --solver-options-string="mipgap=0.01 mipemphasis=4 nodefile=3 display=1 mipdisplay=2 threads=1 iisfind=1"
##--solver-options-string="display=1 mipdisplay=1 threads=1 iisfind=1"
##--suffixes iis
## --solver=cplex --solver-io=nl
## --solver-options-string="display=1 mipdisplay=1 iisfind=1 threads=1"
--solver=gurobi --solver-options-string='MIPGap=0.01 threads=1'

# inputs to use if not run as part of a scenario
--inputs-dir inputs_ls_regulation_long

# use (only) locked-in capacity additions from PSIP
--psip-relax

# don't allow LNG conversion, same as PSIP 2016-12-23
--force-lng-tier none

# use the relaxed-split-commit method of RPS allocation (fairly fast and accurate 
# but has a bug that forces RE dispatch to equal commitment when RPS is 100%)
# --rps-allocation relaxed_split_commit
# switching fuel by period is also fairly fast and plausible
--rps-allocation fuel_switch_by_period

# use a relatively low amount of demand response
--demand-response-share 0.10

# use regulation and contingency reserve categories, not just "spinning"
--contingency-reserve-type contingency
--regulating-reserve-type regulation

# get regulation and contingency reserves from DR and EVs (base case)
--demand-response-reserve-types regulation contingency
--ev-reserve-types regulation contingency

# use Hawaii reserve rules
--spinning-requirement-rule Hawaii

# use individual units as contingencies, not whole projects (e.g., the stacked units in the new IC plants)
--unit-contingency

# smooth the dispatch schedule
# --include-module switch_model.hawaii.smooth_dispatch --iterate-list iterate_smooth.txt