NCP Release Notes Version: 5.9.

3 # 1 2 3 4 5 6 Type Description New Feature Added the Maintenance Scenario for hydro units. Correction Correction Correction Correction Correction Corrected a bug in the Electrical Areas data reading. Corrected a bug in the Sum of Circuit Flows data reading process. Corrected a bug in the Bus Configuration graphical interface. Corrected a bug in the Circuits Configuration graphical interface. Corrected a bug in the Elastic Load/Supply graphical interface. Description Fixed an issue with a memory allocation error causing the tree search to be reported as finished. Fixed an issue when deleting nodes from the global file in parallel MIP. Reduced the amount of memory needed to store active nodes for a MILP. Added the Precedence Order Constraint for hydro units. Utilization of future benefit function generated by MAXREV (maximize revenues criterion). Description Corrected a bug in the Secondary Spinning Reserve data screen were the select button of the Hydro Plants list was not being enabled even when there were available hydro plants for selection. Corrected a bug in the Secondary Spinning Reserve maximum limit for thermal power plant. Corrected a bug in the Sum of Circuit Flows modeling. Added new Optimization option: enable/disable parallel execution. Added the Problem Representation option: do not allow deficit for economic reasons. Description

Version: 5.9.2 # 1 2 3 4 5 Type Correction Correction Correction New Feature New Feature

Version: 5.9.1 # 1 Type Correction

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Added the new Secondary Spinning Reserve modeling with possibility of definition of minimum New Feature and maximum reserve limits and offers per hydro unit. New Feature Added the Generation Constraint modeling per hydro unit. Added the Ramps Constraints (cold and warm) modeling per hydro unit. Added the Maximum Number of Start-ups modeling per hydro unit. Added the Forbidden Zone modeling per hydro unit. Added the Ramps Constraints (cold) modeling per hydro plant. Added the Null Water Value definition per hydro plant.

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New Feature Added the Initial Status modeling per hydro unit. New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature

New Feature Added the Elastic Load/Supply modeling New Feature Added the Electrical Areas Configuration New Feature Added the Import/Export limits for Electrical Areas.

Added the Maximum Number of Variations for New Feature thermal plants with minimum time in constant power. New Feature New Feature Included the functionality to copy a Bus on the Bus configuration screen. Included the functionality to copy a Circuit on the Circuit configuration screen. Description

Version: 5.8.5 # 1 Type NCP Mixed-Integer Programming Solver (Xpress) fully exploits multi-core machines, which can New Feature greatly reduce the computational time with distributed computing. A NCP 64-bit version is now available; A big New Feature advantage of this setting is the overcoming of the 2GB RAM memory limitation of the 32-bit system. Dynamic allocation of memory, which sets the New Feature amount of memory required by running NCP to the minimum required. Type Correction Description Corrected a bug in the model regarding Target

Version: 5.8.2 # 1

Generation constraint when the used time step was 15 or 30 minutes. 2 3 4 5 Correction Correction New Feature New Feature Corrected a bug in the CSV module regarding maintenance entry data. Corrected a bug in the Sum of Circuits flows data screen. NCP can now handle paths containing white spaces. NCP User's Manual now contains the output file names description. Description Corrected a bug that was preventing the DC-Link Circuits type to be saved. Corrected a bug regarding the Hydro and Thermal Secondary spinning reserve data screen. Corrected a bug that occurs when the user starts a new case from scratch.

Version: 5.8.1 # 1 2 3 4 Type Correction Correction Correction

Future cost function (FCF) reading changed to New Feature allow different numbers of reservoirs between the function and data set. Description Improved data loading and navigation New Feature performance. New Feature New Feature Added the attribute 'DC-Link Circuit type' on the Circuit Configuration data screen. Added the attribute 'Associated Reservoir' to the Hydro Configuration data screen. Type

Version: 5.8 # 1 2 3 4

Added the new Secondary Spinning Reserve New Feature modeling with possibility of definition of minimum and maximum reserve limits and offers per plant. Description NCP can now handle time steps of 30 minutes or 15 minutes. All input data and constraints will New Feature remain on an hourly basis, except for the demand (both the system level or in each bus bar, if the transmission network is modeled) Correction Corrected a bug regarding alert storage and minimum storage. Type

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Version: 5.7

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New Feature New output results file: Revenue (profitcp.csv). New Feature Input/output data unit converter. Correction Corrected a bug regarding hydro generating unit data entry. Description Corrected a bug regarding maximum available turbined outflow. New output results file: Maximum available turbined outflow (qmxdsp.csv). New output results file: Evaporation (evaporcp.csv).

Version: 5.6.2 # 1 2 3 Type Correction New Feature New Feature

Version: 5.6.1 # 1 Description Removed the columns 'constant Power Period (H)' New Feature and 'Previous Load Condition' from the Hydro Initial Status screen. Correction Correction Correction Corrected a bug that was preventing the bus configuration file to be updated when a change was made on a multi fuel thermal plant Corrected a bug on NCP's mathematical model regarding evaporation. Corrected a bug on NCP's mathematical model regarding controllable spill. Type

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Version: 5.5 # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Description Added the ability to customize the label of the New Feature treeview data elements. This functionality is available on the Preferences Screen. New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature Added the Hydro Cold Reserve Bid chronological data screen. Added the Thermal Cold Reserve Bid chronological data screen. Added the System Cold Reserve chronological data screen. New output results file: Hydro cold reserve bid (ofrsfhcp.csv). New output results file: Thermal cold reserve bid (ofrsftcp.csv). New output results file: Reserve bid marginal cost (cmgofrcp.csv). Type

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Added new execution option: 'Use generation damping'. 'Spinning Reserve' label has been updated to 'Primary Reserve' 'Auxiliar Consumption' label has been updated to 'Self Consumption'. 'Reserve bid' label has been updated to 'Operative spinning reserve bid' 'Generation Reserve' label has been updated to 'Secondary Spinning Reserve' 'Power reserve' label has been updated to 'Operative spinning reserve bid' 'Power reserve price' label has been updated to 'Operative spinning reserve price'

Version: 5.4 # 1 2 3 4 5 6 Description The definition of the fuels used by the thermal New Feature plants is more user friendly. New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New output results file: target generation marginal cost (cmgmetcp.csv). New output results file: secondary reserve marginal cost (cmgrsecp.csv). New output results file: availability fuel marginal cost (cmgdiscp.csv). Added the Power reserve price chronological data screen (only for maximization of revenues). Added new execution option: variable production factor (hourly/daily). Type

Version: 5.3 # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Description Added the voltage field to the Bus Configuration New Feature screen. New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature Added the Shunt capacitor/reactor chronological data screen. Added the Voltage limits chronological data screen. Added the Hydro reactive generation chronological data screen. Added the Thermal reactive generation chronological data screen. Type

New Feature Added the Power factor chronological data screen. New Feature New output results file: minimum outflow violation

(vturmncp.csv). 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New Feature New output results file: alert storage violation (vvalercp.csv). New output results file: minimum storage violation (vvolmncp.csv). New output results file: minimum total outflow violation (vdefmncp.csv). New output results file: maximum total outflow violation (vdefmxcp.csv). New output results file: irrigation violation (vriegocp.csv). New output results file: terminal function marginal cost (cmgcutcp.csv). New output results file: values of the objective function terms (ncpcope.csv). Description

Version: 5.2 # 1 2 3 Type Added the parameter 'relative convergence New Feature tolerance' to the Optimization Options panel of the Execution Parameters screen. New Feature New Feature Added the ability to define the configuration of the Generating Units of the Hydro Plants Incorporated the DrawHydro module to the Hydro configuration screen Description Corrected a bug on the Hydro definition screen which occurred whenever a user tried to delete any value from the evaporation coefficient table. Corrected a bug on NCP's mathematical model regarding evaporation.

Version: 5.1.2 # 1 2 Type Correction Correction

Version: 5.1.1 # 1 Description Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the Hydro Maintenance chronological data screen. Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the Thermal Maintenance chronological data screen. Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the Inflows chronological data screen. Type

Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the System Demand chronological data screen. Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the Fuel Price chronological data screen. New Feature New output results file: marginal cost per circuit (cmgcirct.csv).

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NCP's mathematical model is now taking into New Feature consideration the Reservoir's Controllable Spill flag of the Hydro configuration data screen. NCP's mathematical model is now taking into consideration the Reservoir's Evaporation New Feature Coefficients of the Hydro configuration data screen. Type Correction Description A bug was corrected in the routine which updates the sddp.dat file.

Version: 5.1 # 1 2

Added import/export data to/from CSV New Feature functionality to the Demand by bus chronological data screen. Added daily maximum number of start-ups New Feature constraint to the Thermal and Hydroelectric Maximum Number of Start-ups screen. Type Correction Correction Description A bug that prevented the sort functionality to work properly on numeric columns has been corrected. A bug was corrected on the Fuel Configuration screen which prevented the price attribute to be saved. A bug was corrected on the Hydro Configuration screen which prevented the list of Hydro Sites to be re-populated after an Add or Remove operation on a Hydro Site. Included the Start-up cost field on the Thermal plants configuration screen. Included the ability to add/remove data series values on the Power Reserve constraint screen. Included the ability to add/remove data series values on the Energy Price Scenario screen. Included the Combined Cycle option on the Thermal configuration screen.

Version: 5.0.1 # 1 2

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Correction

A bug was corrected on the load routine of Thermal Configuration data that was preventing the loading of the alternative fuels data.