EMO:Generation Profile File Format

The formatting criteria for files containing Generation Profile data to be imported into a Forecast Definition or a Powerflow Case Definition are described below.

The file must be in csv format and can be of any name. File format can be in one of two formats:

• Unit as Columns
• Unit as Rows

Units as Columns

The file must contain two row types:

• One header row
• One or more data rows

The header row must be the first row in the file and must contain the text formatted as presented in the following table:

Row	Column	Text
1	1	"Date"
	2	"Trading Period"
	3 - n	<Unit Name>(e.g. ARA2201_ARA0)

A data row will exist for each Trading Period and must conform to the formatting requirements as presented in the following table:

Column	Format
Date	3 Alpha day of the week (e.g. "Mon")
Trading Period	Numeric (1 - 50)
Unit Generation	Numeric (three decimal places) or zero