Setting up bespoke ReEDS zones

[samgdotson]

Hi team,

I'm trying to set up some state- and RTO-specific analyses and trying to follow the instructions in the documentation which uses the new ReEDS_Input_Processing repository (specifically the zones subfolder). I am blocked by the following step

Run the TSC/analysis/make_zone_shapefiles.py script

It looks like this is pointing a privately hosted repository -- I cannot find it anywhere in the ReEDS-Model universe.

Previously, I was able to use the old spatial flex capabilities by updating the hierarchy.csv and user_input/model_regions.csv and possibly one more that I'm forgetting. But it looks like the model_regions.csv file no longer exists (or at least doesn't exist by default, which makes me question whether it would work). I can try doing it manually or writing my own script, but this seems daunting given that the current helper script updates many other files.

Any help is appreciated!

(For specificity, I'm trying to run a model with Wisconsin counties and standard BAs for the other MISO states -- I thought this would be easy!)

Thanks,
Sam

[patrickbrown4]

Hi Sam,

Unfortunately these steps can only be run internally because they require the nodal network data, which are not public (there's a note here but it's easy to miss).

It's not too hard for us to do on our side though. Which of the available zone definitions do you want to use outside of Wisconsin? (z90 is the current default for full-US runs, so I'd recommend that if you don't have a preference.)

[samgdotson]

Thanks for the quick response, that's good to know. z90 works fine!