This section contains area parameters. The first line in the section must say: [AREA DATA]. This is followed by the data described below. A blank line ends the section.
1. Area Number: Area number ranging from 0 to 9999, inclusive.
2. Area Name: Name of the area with a maximum of 12 characters. Any alphanumeric characters can be used, except for the string delimiter (single or double quotation mark). The area name is enclosed in quotation marks.
3. Regulation Flag: 1 if you want the Power Flow to regulate the output of the area slack generator to enforce the net area export. The default value is 0. Must be 1 if area slack bus is not blank.
4. Area Slack Bus Name: Area slack bus name enclosed in quotation marks. The program will adjust the MW output of this generator to enforce the net-export constraint. The area slack bus name is blank by default.
5. Area Slack Bus kV: Nominal kV of the area slack bus. The default value is 0.0.
6. MW Export: Net MW export target. A positive value means power is shipped out of the area through tie lines. A negative value means power is imported from another area. The default value is 0.0.
7. Export Tolerance: Must be greater than zero. The default value is 10.0.
An example area data section is shown below.
[AREA DATA]
1= 'AA' 0 '' 0 0 10
2= 'CC' 0 '' 0 0 10
3= 'BB' 0 '' 0 0 10