The most straightforward way I can think of is to simply add a penalty to the 
cost of that generator to make it more expensive than the other units.

    Ray



> On Jul 2, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Nandu Balachandran <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Dr. Zimmerman,
>  
> If I run optimal power flow using runopf(), is it possible to give another 
> optimization parameter on top of that?  
>  
> I want generation from one generator to be minimized minimizing overall 
> system cost. This generator should be included in opf only if runopf cannot 
> converge to a solution. This is one of the cheapest generator in the system. 
> So unit commitment starts with dispatching this generator first.
>  
> What is the best way to achieve this ?
>  
> Thank you once again for all help and support .
>  
> Thanks,
> Nandu Balachandran
> The University of New Orleans
>   <>
> From: [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> 
> [mailto:[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ray 
> Zimmerman
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 9:55 AM
> To: MATPOWER discussion forum
> Subject: Re: Unit Commitment
>  
> The order of decommitment is not something that is saved in results anywhere, 
> but it is displayed in the verbose output if you set verbose to 2 or higher.
>  
>     Ray
>  
>  
>  
> On Jun 28, 2015, at 1:10 AM, Nandu Balachandran <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> After executing runupf function, is it possible to get the order at which 
> generators are committed? ( Usually least expensive first ; It depends may 
> vary with total load and quadratic cost function). 
>  
> Is there any function which gives me the order of unit decommitment?
>  
> Thanks,
> Nandu
>  
>  
> See Table 6-1 in the User’s Manual 
> <http://www.pserc.cornell.edu/matpower/docs/MATPOWER-manual-5.1.pdf> for 
> results of the OPF, including LAM_P which is the LMP and see Section 4.4 for 
> a description of MATPOWER’s functions for computing shift factors.
>  
>     Ray
>  
> On Jun 16, 2015, at 4:14 AM, lavanya arubolu <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> Dear Nandu Balachandran,
>                                        There is inbuilt function in MATPOWER 
> to know the LMPs at all the buses. If you want to calculate LMPs for a 
> particular system run OPF and see the results, in OPF results one function 
> called Lamada this indicates LMPs at all the buses. I think direct 
> calculation of GSF is not possible using MATPOWER we have to write code for 
> this. I hope this will clarify your doubt.
> Thank you 
>                                          
>  
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Nandu Balachandran <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear Dr. Zimmerman,
>  
> Does MATPOWER has some inbuilt function for calculating LMP at each node? Is 
> there a way to calculate Generator Shift Factor after calculating OPF 
> solution using "runopf ( )" ?
>  
> Thanks and appreciate your help
> -
> Thanks, 
> Nandu Balachandran
> The University of New Orleans 
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Ph No: +1 (504) 505-1087
> 

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