Use HiGHS solver by default, with Big M, and End-of-Life for v1 and v2

.helm/values.staging.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 appEnv: staging
 djangoSettingsModule: reopt_api.staging_settings
+djangoReplicas: 3
+djangoMemoryRequest: "2800Mi"
+djangoMemoryLimit: "2800Mi"
+celeryReplicas: 6
+celeryMemoryRequest: "900Mi"
+celeryMemoryLimit: "900Mi"
+juliaReplicas: 6
 juliaCpuRequest: "1000m"
 juliaCpuLimit: "4000m"
-juliaMemoryRequest: "8000Mi"
-juliaMemoryLimit: "8000Mi"
+juliaMemoryRequest: "12000Mi"
+juliaMemoryLimit: "12000Mi"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ Classify the change according to the following categories:
     ##### Removed
     ### Patches
 
+## v3.7.0
+### Minor Updates
+#### Changed
+- Default `Settings.solver_name` = `HiGHS`
+- See updates from REopt.jl v0.44.0: https://github.com/NREL/REopt.jl/releases/tag/v0.44.0
+- HiGHS, Cbc, and SCIP solvers use Big M notation constraints only in REopt.jl
+#### Deprecated
+- End-of-Life for v1 and v2 of the API for external/public interfacing from NREL servers. See https://github.com/NREL/REopt-Analysis-Scripts/discussions/148 for more details.
+
 ## v3.6.1
 ### Minor Updates
 #### Fixed

Jenkinsfile

@@ -66,21 +66,21 @@ pipeline {
         WERF_SYNCHRONIZATION = ":local"
         XPRESS_LICENSE_HOST = credentials("reopt-api-xpress-license-host")
         LICENSESERVER_URL = credentials("reopt-api-xpress-licenseserver-url")
-        XPRESS_INSTALLED = "True"
+        XPRESS_INSTALLED = "False"
         NREL_ROOT_CERT_URL_ROOT = credentials("reopt-api-nrel-root-cert-url-root")
       }
 
       stages {
         stage("deploy") {
           stages {
-            stage("solver setup") {
-              steps {
-                dir("julia_src/licenseserver") {
-                  git url: env.LICENSESERVER_URL
-                }
-                sh "cp julia_src/licenseserver/Dockerfile.xpress julia_src/"
-              }
-            }
+            // stage("solver setup") {
+            //   steps {
+            //     dir("julia_src/licenseserver") {
+            //       git url: env.LICENSESERVER_URL
+            //     }
+            //     sh "cp julia_src/licenseserver/Dockerfile.xpress julia_src/"
+            //   }
+            // }
 
             stage("lint") {
               steps {

julia_src/Manifest.toml

@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@ uuid = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
 
 [[deps.REopt]]
 deps = ["ArchGDAL", "CSV", "CoolProp", "DataFrames", "Dates", "DelimitedFiles", "HTTP", "JLD", "JSON", "JuMP", "LinDistFlow", "LinearAlgebra", "Logging", "MathOptInterface", "Requires", "Roots", "Statistics", "TestEnv"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "d7bdc0d314e0821a8904ba204265345aab1ee8bc"
+git-tree-sha1 = "b8e663a9f06eb6a1085ff7de981df2a6246b2b91"
 uuid = "d36ad4e8-d74a-4f7a-ace1-eaea049febf6"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [[deps.Random]]
 deps = ["SHA", "Serialization"]

julia_src/http.jl

@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ function reopt(req::HTTP.Request)
         ENV["NREL_DEVELOPER_API_KEY"] = test_nrel_developer_api_key
         delete!(d, "api_key")
     end
-    solver_name = pop!(settings, "solver_name")
+    solver_name = get(settings, "solver_name", "HiGHS")    
     if solver_name == "Xpress" && !(xpress_installed=="True")
         solver_name = "HiGHS"
-        @warn "Changing solver_choice from Xpress to $solver_name because Xpress is not installed. Next time 
-                Specify Settings.solver_choice = 'HiGHS' or 'Cbc' or 'SCIP'"
+        @warn "Changing solver_name from Xpress to $solver_name because Xpress is not installed. Next time 
+                Specify Settings.solver_name = 'HiGHS' or 'Cbc' or 'SCIP'"
     end
 	timeout_seconds = pop!(settings, "timeout_seconds")
 	optimality_tolerance = pop!(settings, "optimality_tolerance")

reoptjl/api.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def obj_create(self, bundle, **kwargs):
         meta = {
             "run_uuid": run_uuid,
             "api_version": 3,
-            "reopt_version": "0.43.0",
+            "reopt_version": "0.44.0",
             "status": "Validating..."
         }
         bundle.data.update({"APIMeta": meta})

reoptjl/migrations/0055_alter_settings_optimality_tolerance_and_more.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.0.7 on 2024-03-28 03:12
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('reoptjl', '0054_rename_distance_to_emissions_region_meters_electricutilityoutputs_distance_to_avert_emissions_region'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='settings',
+            name='optimality_tolerance',
+            field=models.FloatField(default=0.001, help_text="The threshold for the difference between the solution's objective value and the best possible value at which the solver terminates", validators=[django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(5e-06), django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(0.2)]),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='settings',
+            name='solver_name',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, choices=[('HiGHS', 'Highs'), ('Cbc', 'Cbc'), ('SCIP', 'Scip'), ('Xpress', 'Xpress')], default='HiGHS', help_text='Solver used for REopt.jl. Options include HiGHS, Cbc, SCIP, and Xpress'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='settings',
+            name='timeout_seconds',
+            field=models.IntegerField(default=600, help_text='The number of seconds allowed before the optimization times out.', validators=[django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(1), django.core.validators.MaxValueValidator(1200)]),
+        ),
+    ]

reoptjl/models.py

@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ class TIME_STEP_CHOICES(models.IntegerChoices):
         FOUR = 4
 
     timeout_seconds = models.IntegerField(
-        default=420,
+        default=600,
         validators=[
             MinValueValidator(1),
-            MaxValueValidator(420)
+            MaxValueValidator(1200)
         ],
         help_text="The number of seconds allowed before the optimization times out."
     )
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class TIME_STEP_CHOICES(models.IntegerChoices):
         default=0.001,
         validators=[
             MinValueValidator(5.0e-6),
-            MaxValueValidator(0.05)
+            MaxValueValidator(0.20)
         ],
         help_text=("The threshold for the difference between the solution's objective value and the best possible "
                    "value at which the solver terminates")
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class SOLVERS(models.TextChoices):
 
     solver_name = models.TextField(
         blank=True,
-        default=SOLVERS.XPRESS,
+        default=SOLVERS.HIGHS,
         choices=SOLVERS.choices,
         help_text=("Solver used for REopt.jl. Options include HiGHS, Cbc, SCIP, and Xpress")
     )
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ class ElectricLoadInputs(BaseModel, models.Model):
     annual_kwh = models.FloatField(
         validators=[
             MinValueValidator(1),
-            MaxValueValidator(100000000)
+            MaxValueValidator(10000000000)
         ],
         null=True, blank=True,
         help_text=("Annual site energy consumption from electricity, in kWh, used to scale simulated default building "

reoptjl/test/test_job_endpoint.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_multiple_outages(self):
         self.assertAlmostEqual(sum(sum(np.array(results["Outages"]["unserved_load_per_outage_kwh"]))), 0.0, places=0)
         # TODO figure out why microgrid_upgrade_capital_cost is about $3000 different locally than on GitHub Actions
         self.assertAlmostEqual(results["Outages"]["microgrid_upgrade_capital_cost"], 1974429.4, delta=5000.0)
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(results["Financial"]["lcc"], 59865240.0, delta=5000.0)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(results["Financial"]["lcc"], 59865240.0, delta=0.01*results["Financial"]["lcc"])
 
     def test_pv_battery_and_emissions_defaults_from_julia(self):
         """

werf-giterminism.yaml

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ config:
     allowEnvVariables:
       - XPRESS_LICENSE_HOST
       - NREL_ROOT_CERT_URL_ROOT
-  dockerfile:
-    allowUncommitted:
-      - julia_src/Dockerfile.xpress
-    allowContextAddFiles:
-      - julia_src/Dockerfile.xpress
-      - julia_src/licenseserver
+  # dockerfile:
+  #   allowUncommitted:
+  #     - julia_src/Dockerfile.xpress
+  #   allowContextAddFiles:
+  #     - julia_src/Dockerfile.xpress
+  #     - julia_src/licenseserver

werf.yaml

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ args:
 ---
 image: julia-api
 context: julia_src/
-dockerfile: Dockerfile.xpress
-contextAddFiles:
-  - Dockerfile.xpress
-  - licenseserver
+dockerfile: Dockerfile
+# contextAddFiles:
+#   - Dockerfile.xpress
+#   - licenseserver
 args:
   XPRESS_LICENSE_HOST: {{ env "XPRESS_LICENSE_HOST" | quote }}
   NREL_ROOT_CERT_URL_ROOT: {{ env "NREL_ROOT_CERT_URL_ROOT" | quote }}