Question: Problem 4 . ( 2 0 points ) An electric utility must determine which generators to start up at the beginning of each day. They

Problem 4.(20 points) An electric utility must determine which generators to start up at the beginning of each day. They have three generators with capacities, operating cost, and start-up costs shown in the following table. A day is divided into two periods, and each generator may be started at the beginning of each period. A generator started in period 1 may be used in period 2 without incurring an additional start-up cost. All generators are turned off at the end of the day. Demand for power is 2500 megawatts (MW) in period 1 and 3500 MW in period 2. Formulate this problem so as to minimize daily operating cost. Define the binary and continuous (if any) variables carefully. \begin{tabular}{cccc}\hline Generator & \begin{tabular}{c} Fixed start-up \\ cost (\$)\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Cost per period \\ per megawatt \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} Generator capacity in \\ each period (MW)\end{tabular}\\\hline 1 & 2800 & 5 & 1900\\2 & 2000 & 3 & 1700\\3 & 1900 & 8 & 2900\\\hline \end{tabular}
Problem 4 . ( 2 0 points ) An electric utility

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