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Hourly Electric Load Model (HELM). Volume 2. User's guide

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6245588
The Hourly Electric Load Model (HELM) was developed by ICF Incorporated for the Electric Power Research Institute under EPRI Project RP-1955-1. The model forecasts hourly electrical loads over the long term. This is the first of two related volumes which document Version 1.0 of HELM. These two volumes are entitled: Volume II: User's Guide; and Volume III: Programmer's Manual. Volume I summarizes the development and testing of HELM. The discussion of model implementation in this volume is intended to be complete. However, quetions may arise. If they do, the reader should refer to Volume III which lists and describes the HELM FORTRAN computer code. The first section of this guide summarizes the overall model design. It describes the major algorithms and flow of computations within the model. The major capabilities of the model are also discussed. Section 2 presents a brief introduction to running the model. This section summarizes the major input files required to run the model, and illustrates the steps involved in running various types of forecasts. Section 3 documents each of the model input files in detail. Section 4 documents the output reports reproduced by the model.
Research Organization:
ICF, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
6245588
Report Number(s):
EPRI-EA-3698-CCM-Vol.2; ON: TI85920115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English