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TC
TR
FDEBT
RDEBT
ROE
IDEP
NDEP
NYOP
RHOM
RNHOM
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Investment tax credit expressed as a fraction of the
total investment.
Default: TC = 0.10 (VW
Income tax rate, expressed as a fraction, not %.
Default: TR = 0.48 (V*B)
Fraction of debt financing.
Default: FDEBT = 0.5431
Debt cost; i.e., appropriate interest rate for borrowed
funds, expressed as a fraction, not %.
Default: RDEBT = 0.11 (VW
Before tax return on equity, expressed as a fraction,
not %.
Default: ROE = 0.15 (VW
Parameter identifying depreciation schedule to be used:
= 1, straight line method;
= 2, sum-of-years digits method.
Default: IDEP = 2 (W
Depreciation period (in years) of solar plant equipment.
Default: NDEP = 24 (V*B)
Operating life (years) of a plant for investment recovery.
Default: NYOP = 30 (VW
Heliostat operating and maintenance charge, expressed
as a fraction of field related capital costs.
Default: RHOM = 0.015 (VW
Balance of plant O&M charge, expressed as a fraction
of non-field related capital costs.
Default: RNHOM = 0.015 (Vm