GridPath v0.7.2

Changes since v0.7.1:

• Fix bug in importing all subscenario IDs
• Only delete temp test DB files if they exist
• Fix GP script path on Windows with Anaconda environment

GridPath v0.7.1

Changes since v0.7.1:

• Refactor results-processing column updates and fix bug of failing to update spinup_and_lookahead column in results tables
• Clarify capacity costs w/o spinup/lookahead by adding column in results_project_costs_capacity table; also disallow NULLs for the spinup_or_lookahead flag

GridPath v0.7.0

Changes since v0.6.1:

• Support for market-participation/asset-valuation
• Record end time when E2E run errors out
• Upgrade for compatibility with Pyomo v5.7
• Various refactoring and minor bug fixes
• Minor updates to docs

GridPath v0.6.1

Changes since v0.6.0:

• Bugfix: only write/load by-tmp reserve req if specified
• Bugfix: small fix to scenario utility arguments

GridPath v0.6.0

Changes since v0.5.1:

• Allow soft startup and shutdown ramp constraints
• Support for aggregated project files
• Support curtailment cost
• Fix bug in gen_always_on validation
• Enhanced support for loading scenarios from CSV
• Support for deleting scenarios via scenario utility

GridPath v0.5.1

Changes since v0.5.0:

• Fix inefficient update of the spinup_and_lookahead flag in the by-timepoint results tables

GridPath v0.5.0

Changes since v0.4.0:

• Results dashboard added
• Timepoints in results tables are now tagged with spinup_or_lookahead flag
• Simple startup costs allowed in gen_commit_bin and gen_commit_lin
• Improvements to documentation
• Doc files modularized in CSV directories
• Inefficient insert fixed

GridPath v0.4.0

Changes since v0.3.0:

• The min up/down and ramp up/down constraints of the gen_commit_bin and gen_commit_lin can now be made soft by specifying a violation penalty
• Prior data for a specific subscenario ID can now be deleted before reimporting by specifying the --delete flag when running the port script
• Additional aggregate database tables in preparation for results dashboard functionality

GridPath v0.3.0

Changes since v0.2.0:

• Refactor and reorganize input validation functions
• Fix write_validation_to_database error that was writing out duplicate validation results
• Add additional input validation checks to various modules
• Add an input validation check to the unittests for each test example and updated test example inputs such that there are no validation errors (note: this changes the test examples’ objective functions)
• Refactor and reorganize port-CSVs-to-database functionality
• Allow for individual subscenario directories or CSVs to be loaded into the database
• Track solver termination condition
• Update ELCC surface formulation
• Various bugfixes

GridPath v0.2.0

Major features and changes implemented since Workshop 2:

• Allow no fuels
• Change loading levels to percentage of capacity in heat rate curves
• Optional auxiliary consumption
• Cost input units are now per MW/MWh (not per kW/kWh)
• Implement variable O&M curve
• Add period index to heat rate and variable O&M curve inputs
• Support for specifying RPS targets as percent of load
• Support for specifying reserves as percent of load
• Linked subproblems
• Flexible units