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-:notoc:
-
-cerf documentation
-==================
-
-**Date**: |today| **Version**: |version|
-
-**Useful links**:
-`Source Repository <https://github.com/immm-sfa/cerf>`_ |
-`Issues & Ideas <https://github.com/immm-sfa/cerf/issues>`_ |
-`Interactive Quickstarter <quickstarter.rst>`_
-
-**cerf** is an open-source geospatial Python package for evaluating and analyzing future electricity technology capacity expansion feasibility.  **cerf** was created to:
-
- 1) Evaluate the feasibility of a future scenario-driven electricity technology capacity expansion plan as generated by a parent model,
-
- 2) Site power plants in the least cost configuration when considering regional economics an on-the-ground barriers to siting,
-
- 3) Assist planners and modelers of alternate future realizations of the electricity system to gain an understanding of how siting costs and service area congestion may respond under certain stressors.
-
-
-.. panels::
-    :card: + intro-card text-center
-    :column: col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 d-flex
-
-
-    ---
-    :img-top: _static/index_getting_started.svg
-
-    Getting Started
-    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-    New to **cerf**?  Get familiar with what **cerf** is all about.
-
-    +++
-
-    .. link-button:: getting_started
-            :type: ref
-            :text: What CERF is all about
-            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
-
-    ---
-    :img-top: _static/index_user_guide.svg
-
-    User Guide
-    ^^^^^^^^^^
-
-    The user guide provides in-depth information on the
-    key concepts of **cerf**.
-
-    +++
-
-    .. link-button:: user_guide
-            :type: ref
-            :text: To the user guide
-            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
-
-    ---
-    :img-top: _static/index_api.svg
-
-    API Reference
-    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-    The reference guide contains a detailed description of
-    the **cerf** API. The reference describes how the methods
-    work and which parameters can be used.
-
-    +++
-
-    .. link-button:: cerf
-            :type: ref
-            :text: To the reference guide
-            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
-
-    ---
-    :img-top: _static/index_contribute.svg
-
-    Contributing to CERF
-    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-    Saw a typo in the documentation? Want to improve
-    existing functionalities? The contributing guidelines will guide
-    you through the process of improving **cerf**.
-
-    +++
-
-    .. link-button:: contributing
-            :type: ref
-            :text: To the development guide
-            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
-
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-   :hidden:
-
-   getting_started
-   user_guide
-   modules
-   contributing
-   release_notes
-   publications
-   how_to_cite
-   authors
-   license
-   footer
+:notoc:
+
+cerf documentation
+==================
+
+**Date**: |today| **Version**: |version|
+
+**Useful links**:
+`Source Repository <https://github.com/immm-sfa/cerf>`_ |
+`Issues & Ideas <https://github.com/immm-sfa/cerf/issues>`_ |
+`Interactive Quickstarter <quickstarter.rst>`_
+
+**cerf** is an open-source geospatial Python package for evaluating and analyzing future electricity technology capacity expansion feasibility.  **cerf** was created to evaluate the on-the-ground siting feasibility of an electricity system expansion plan by:
+
+1) Translating a capacity expansion plan into individually sited renewable and non-renewable power plants across a region.
+
+2) Emulating regional practices that address local congestion and interconnection costs as well as the social, land, and policy-based constraints faced by developers. 
+
+3) Providing a flexible and computationally efficient tool to understand the relative importance of different factors affecting the feasibility of siting new infrastructure, such as energy justice, land suitability, water availability, and emissions.
+
+.. panels::
+    :card: + intro-card text-center
+    :column: col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 d-flex
+
+
+    ---
+    :img-top: _static/index_getting_started.svg
+
+    Getting Started
+    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    New to **cerf**?  Get familiar with what **cerf** is all about.
+
+    +++
+
+    .. link-button:: getting_started
+            :type: ref
+            :text: What CERF is all about
+            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
+
+    ---
+    :img-top: _static/index_user_guide.svg
+
+    User Guide
+    ^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    The user guide provides in-depth information on the
+    key concepts of **cerf**.
+
+    +++
+
+    .. link-button:: user_guide
+            :type: ref
+            :text: To the user guide
+            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
+
+    ---
+    :img-top: _static/index_api.svg
+
+    API Reference
+    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    The reference guide contains a detailed description of
+    the **cerf** API. The reference describes how the methods
+    work and which parameters can be used.
+
+    +++
+
+    .. link-button:: cerf
+            :type: ref
+            :text: To the reference guide
+            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
+
+    ---
+    :img-top: _static/index_contribute.svg
+
+    Contributing to CERF
+    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+    Saw a typo in the documentation? Want to improve
+    existing functionalities? The contributing guidelines will guide
+    you through the process of improving **cerf**.
+
+    +++
+
+    .. link-button:: contributing
+            :type: ref
+            :text: To the development guide
+            :classes: btn-block btn-secondary stretched-link
+
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :hidden:
+
+   getting_started
+   user_guide
+   modules
+   contributing
+   release_notes
+   publications
+   how_to_cite
+   authors
+   license
+   footer