Greedy Merit-Order Dispatch

Heuristic

Sort generators by variable cost ascending to form a merit order. Commit the cheapest unit first, dispatch it to min(pMax, remaining), subtract from demand, repeat. Objective: min Σ (cᵢpᵢ + Sᵢ) — no backtracking, O(n log n), no optimality guarantee.

Generator Fleet

1

P-Min

P-Max

Var $

Start $

2

P-Min

P-Max

Var $

Start $

3

P-Min

P-Max

Var $

Start $

Max cap: 180 MW

Dispatch Summary

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Algorithm

Sort generators by variable cost ascending. Commit cheapest units first until demand is met. O(n log n) — no optimality guarantee.

Dispatch Schedule

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