Startup Costs

Starting a unit costs 5,000 NIS. When demand dips temporarily, is it cheaper to keep running at minimum load or shut down and pay to restart? High startup costs create stickiness.

Generation Units Table
Pre-optimization unit parameters
Unit Fuel Technology Capacity
(MW)		 Min Load
(MW)		 Ramp
(MW/min)		 Spin Res
(MW)		 Freq Res
(MW)		 Price
(NIS/MWh)
GAS_1 GAS CCGT 100 40 2.0 0 0 100
GAS_2 GAS SIMPLE_CYCLE 80 25 2.0 0 0 200
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System Parameters
Time Horizon 4 intervals (2.0h)
Interval Duration 30 minutes
Spinning Reserve (Up) 0 MW
Spinning Reserve (Down) 0 MW
Frequency Reserve 0 MW
Value of Lost Load 100000 NIS/MWh
Coal Priority Dispatched Last
Demand Profile
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