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### Parameters
This section describes system-wide parameters, such as power balance penalties, optimization parameters, such as the length of the planning horizon and the time.
This section describes system-wide parameters, such as power balance and reserve shortfall penalties, and optimization parameters, such as the length of the planning horizon and the time.
| `Time horizon (h)`| Length of the planning horizon (in hours). | Required | N
| `Time horizon (h)` | Length of the planning horizon (in hours). | Required | N
| `Time step (min)` | Length of each time step (in minutes). Must be a divisor of 60 (e.g. 60, 30, 20, 15, etc). | `60` | N
| `Power balance penalty ($/MW)` | Penalty for system-wide shortage or surplus in production (in $/MW). This is charged per time step. For example, if there is a shortage of 1 MW for three time steps, three times this amount will be charged. | `1000.0` | Y
| `Reserve shortfall penalty ($/MW)` | Penalty for system-wide shortage in meeting reserve requirements (in $/MW). This is charged per time step. Negative value implies reserve constraints must always be satisfied. | `-1` | Y
#### Example
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