You can ignore it. This data is actually not used at all by MATPOWER.
It was initially intended to be used in zonal pricing calculations for
certain types of markets, but was never implemented.
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Ray Zimmerman
Senior Research Associate
428-B Phillips Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
phone: (607) 255-9645
On Nov 17, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Amaury Caprasse wrote:
Hello,
The last MATPOWER versions define a new field, called 'areas' and
described as follows :
% (+) Area Data Format
% 1 i, area number
% 2 price_ref_bus, reference bus for that area
What is the role of this field and where can I find more information
about it ?
Thanks in advance,
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Amaury Caprasse
