OPF Options: Bus MW Marginal Price Details

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The Bus MW Marginal Price Details page displays a grid containing the MW marginal prices computed for an OPF solution. If no OPF solution has been run, the values will all be zero. The grid used for displaying the information is a Case Information Display, which can be modified, sorted, printed, etc., as described in the discussion of Case Information Displays.

One key feature of this display is the breakdown in the bus MW marginal cost into three components: the cost of energy, the cost of congestion, and the cost of losses. Also, while the bus MW marginal cost does not change based on the reference, the costs of energy, congestion, and losses are reference dependent. This reference is set on a per-area (or per-super area) basis in the Area information dialog OPF tab (or the Super Area information dialog OPF tab).