penalty flag

Choose if specific constraint types should be included or excluded from the optimization model. Note that the SOFT_CONSTRAINTS_FUNCTIONALITY license is required for soft constraints.

Options	/all, /on, /off, /load, /reservoir, /ramping, /endpoint, /discharge, /powerlimit, /plant, /min_p_con, /max_p_con, /min_q_con, /max_q_con, /schedule, /gate
License	SHOP_OPEN
Release version	13.0.0.a

Penalty Flags

An option to include penalty functions is provided by turning on and off penalty flags with the command:

penalty flag /<option1> /<option2> (/<option3>)

			Comment
all
	on		Turn on all penalty flags
	off		Turn off all penalty flags
on or /off
	reservoir
		ramping	Turn on/off reservoir ramping penalty flag
		endpoint	Turn on/off reservoir penalty flag, including endpoint
	load		Turn on/off load penalty flag
	powerlimit		Turn on/off power limit penalty flag
	discharge		Turn on/off discharge penalty flag, used to control power production
	plant
		min_p_con	Turn on/off min plant production penalty flag
		max_p_con	Turn on/off max plant production penalty flag
		min_q_con	Turn on/off min plant discharge penalty flag
		max_q_con	Turn on/off max plant production penalty flag
		schedule	Turn on/off plant schedule penalty flag
	gate
		min_q_con	Turn on/off min gate discharge penalty flag
		max_q_con	Turn on/off max gate production penalty flag
		ramping	Turn on/off gate ramping penalty flag

If command not set: The reservoir, load, power limit and discharge penalty flags will be turned on. The plant schedule penalty flag will be turned off, while the other license protected penalty flags will be ignored.

Note that these flags will be valid for all plants, gates and reservoirs in the system. The penalty flag can also be given as a time series for each constraint. Setting the penalty flag by giving the commands has priority over the time series constraints.