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-New PV+Battery OM cost UI form with updated variable names for financial models
-New storage salvage value input that still needs to be workshopped
-Labels still up for changing for OM cost definitions based on industry standards
-Changes to cashflow to include LCOS cash flows

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The tests are failing - most likely due to the default changes. Can you run all the default configurations and check test_results_win64.csv for valid results and then commit and push those results for Travis to match?

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Layout of new O&M cost inputs looks nice.

  1. Be sure to add/update UI group name so inputs appear in groups with other related variables in lists for LK script editor, parametrics, etc.

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  1. I think I would prefer these UI forms to be named "O and M Costs PV", "O and M Costs Fuel Cell", etc. so they appear together in the IDE to make them easier to find when working on these O&M input variables.

  2. Cash flow tab is showing "not found" for several items under "LCOS CALCULATIONS".

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I'm getting these messages when I create a new PV Battery / Single Owner case:

No default value found for 'wf_nrecords' in external file (PV Battery/Single Owner), using internal default
No default value found for 'vdcmax_inverter' in external file (PV Battery/Single Owner), using internal default
Defaults file is likely out of date: PV Battery_Single Owner.txt

Variables: 1 loaded but not in configuration, 0 wrong type, defaults file has 1130, config has 1131

Would you like to update the defaults with the current values right now?
(Otherwise press Shift-F10 later)

Loaded but don't exist in config: ui_batt_is_dc

@mjprilliman mjprilliman merged commit a23f94c into develop Jul 2, 2021
@mjprilliman mjprilliman deleted the lcos_cost_inputs branch July 2, 2021 17:52
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@cpaulgilman cpaulgilman added the added to release notes PR and/or issue has been added to release notes for a public release label Dec 2, 2021
cpaulgilman added a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 17, 2022
Revise description of load data time convention.

Remove O&M cost content from Installation Costs topics.

Add ETES topics and fix broken help links.

Fix typo on battery storage FOM "BTM" insteasd of "FOM"

Wind resource files can now be .csv in addition to .srw

Revise capacity factor descriptions for PV and Battery storage configs, #905

Wave resource instructions for converting from time series to JPD, #892

Revise PV land area calculations to account for GCR and tilt angle, #928

Add pvlib column headings to SAM CSV format description, NREL/ssc#754

Revised Operating Cost input pages

Check for "annual energy" vs new "electricity to grid".

Change "battery autonomy" to "autonomy".

Revise power tower heliostat field to better explain how check box vs button works.

Add note for degradation by year that Year 1 value should be zero, #755

Remove debt from payback period description. Also remove detailed cash flow descriptions and replace with mention of send-to-Excel with equations and spreadsheets on website. See Amir Nashed email 1/19/21 and https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/1052

Revise Electricity Purchases page to be specific for FOM projects

New LCOS metrics: #529

Electricity rates revisions from Brian.

Reporting of electricity bill in time series results, see NREL/ssc#652

New parametrics features

Parametrics description of how to work with SchedNumeric variables like PPA price. See Brian email 7/21/2021

Update Heliostat Field per #717

New PV slope inputs on System Design page. See #742, NREL/ssc#648

New "Limit debt fraction" Input on Financial Parameters page for PPA models

New ETES model.

Fix outdated description of NSRDB in Location and Resource topic

UDPC updates from Ty, see Revisions 2021 folder. Also post new PDF version of Ty and Matt's description under "CSP Power Cycle Models"  on SAM website https://sam.nrel.gov/concentrating-solar-power/csp-publications.html,  https://sam.nrel.gov/images/web_page_files/Neises-DRAFT-user-defined-power-cycle-v3-2018.pdf

Fix excess generation descriptions in help: https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/3485. Also maybe change "Excess generation" to "Excess generation for net metering" or similar.

Note for URDB download that demand ratchet data in URDB is unreliable, so check with data sheet.

Demand charges with ratcheting lookback months. See Revision Notes mirletz-RE Adding billing demand lookback to SAM.msg, see [[F:\OneDrive\SAM\Utility Rates\Demand Ratchets\Initial Tests May 2021]]

Update pv smoothing per Steve's email 12/9/2021 "pv smoothing question"

Improve description of FOM automated dispatch. See https://sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-general/3681

Revise electricity rates page

Consolidate weekday/weekend schedule descriptions.

SWH remove old hot water draw import instructions.

Revise electricity purchases PPA price option not available with Specify IRR target, and purchases treated as tax-deductible operating expense.

Move electricity purchases page to from Battery section to Electricity Rates and Load section

Edit Lifetime Data add note about pasting data from Excel: Thousands comma separator causes paste not to work correctly, e.g, 1,000 is pasted as 1.
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