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CONT
SPTS
EXT
ESC
RlNF
NYTCON
AFDC
IFCR
FCR
DISRT
PTI
Namelist NLECON
Contingencies, expressed as a fraction of the total
capital cost.
Default: CONT = 0.12 (V.4
Spare parts investment, also expressed as some fraction
of the total capital cost.
Default: SPTS = 0.01 (V.4
Distributable and indirect charges (contractor fees, A&E
services, etc.), specified as a fraction of the total
capital cost.
Default: EXT - 0.16 (V.4
Year1 capital escalation rate, fraction between 0 and 1
(not 8 A).
Default: ESC T 0.0 (V.B)
Yearly general inflation rate, fraction between 0 and 1.
Defau1t:'RINF - 0.0 (VW
Years to the beginning of the construction period
from the year in which the capital cost estimate is made.
Default: NYTCON = 0 (VW
Allowed funds during construction to cover interest
charges, expressed as a fraction of the total capital cost.
Default: AFDC = 0.0318 (%year construction period)
(VW
Parameter for determining the fixed charge rate, FCR:
0, FCR supplied by user or default value used; code
does not calculate it;
#, FCR calculated by the code based on user supplied
values for DISRT, PTI, TC, TR, FDEBT, RDEBT, ROE,
IDEP, NDEP (see below).
Default: IFCR = 0 (VW
Fixed charge rate (fraction between 0 and 1); i.e., required
yearly fractional recovery of total capital investment.
Default: FCR = 0.0615 (VW
Discount rate (between 0 and 1); must be consistent with
value chosen for FCR if IFCR = 0.
Default: DISRT = 0.0315 (VW
Property tax and insurance rate, expressed as a fraction
of the total capital cost.
Default: PTI = 0.010 (Vm