Added configure_settings_multistage

src/case_runners/case_runner.jl

@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ end
 
 function run_genx_case_multistage!(case::AbstractString, mysetup::Dict, optimizer::Any)
     settings_path = get_settings_path(case)
+
+    # NEW: Call configure_settings_multistage(multistage_settings) to merge default settings with those specified in the YAML file
     multistage_settings = get_settings_path(case, "multi_stage_settings.yml") # Multi stage settings YAML file path
-    mysetup["MultiStageSettingsDict"] = YAML.load(open(multistage_settings))
+    mysetup["MultiStageSettingsDict"] = configure_settings_multistage(multistage_settings)
 
     ### Cluster time series inputs if necessary and if specified by the user
     if mysetup["TimeDomainReduction"] == 1

src/configure_settings/configure_settings_multistage.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+function default_settings_multistage()
+    Dict{Any, Any}("NumStages" => 3,
+        "StageLengths" => [10,10,10],
+        "WACC" => 0.045,
+        "ConvergenceTolerance" => 0.01,
+        "Myopic" => 0)
+end
+
+@doc raw"""
+    configure_settings(settings_path::String, output_settings_path::String)
+
+Reads in the settings from the `multi_stage_settings.yml` YAML file and
+merges them with the default multistage settings. It then returns the
+settings dictionary.
+
+# Arguments
+- `settings_path::String`: The path to the multistage settings YAML file.
+
+# Returns
+- `settings::Dict`: The multistage settings dictionary.
+"""
+function configure_settings_multistage(settings_path::String)
+    println("Configuring Multistage Settings")
+    model_settings = YAML.load(open(settings_path))
+
+    settings = default_settings_multistage()
+    merge!(settings, model_settings)
+
+    return settings
+end

src/write_outputs/write_outputs.jl

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ function write_outputs(EP::Model, path::AbstractString, setup::Dict, inputs::Dic
         elapsed_time_power = @elapsed dfPower = write_power(path, inputs, setup, EP)
         println("Time elapsed for writing power is")
         println(elapsed_time_power)
-        println("Here")
     end
 
     if output_settings_d["WriteCharge"]