Users guide to the over/under capacity planning model. Final report

The Users Guide is designed to facilitate the application of the Over/Under Capacity Planning Model to specific utility systems. The model was developed in EPRI project RP 1107 for assessing the total costs to consumers of varying levels of planning reserve margin under conditions of uncertain future demand. The methodological basis for the model is described in the October 1978 EPRI report EA-927, Costs and Benefits of Over/Under Capacity in Electric Power System Planning. The Users Guide contains a description of the model's component modules, instructions for operating the model, guidelines for interpreting results and suggested procedures for developing case studies. Detailed data input information is included in the body of the report and reproduced in a separate Quick Guide, which may be removed for use at the computer. A discussion of main program and subroutine logic is provided in the appendix. The Users Guide is intended as a companion for standard FORTRAN IBM and CDC versions of the computer code available from the EPRI Systems Program.