Citing costs.py

The development of costs.py was the culmination of two papers from the WE3Lab.

The convex formulation of tariff costs for optimizing flexible loads was originally developed for a case study of flexible wastewater treatment plant operation published in Environmental Science & Technology:

Bolorinos, J., Mauter, M. S., & Rajagopal, R. Integrated energy flexibility management at wastewater treatment facilities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 18362-18371. (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00365

In BibTeX format:

@article{bolorinos2023integrated,
  title={Integrated energy flexibility management at wastewater treatment facilities},
  author={Bolorinos, Jose and Mauter, Meagan S and Rajagopal, Ram},
  journal={Environmental Science \& Technology},
  volume={57},
  number={46},
  pages={18362--18371},
  year={2023},
  publisher={ACS Publications},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00365}
}

The tariff data format was published in the following data descriptor in Nature Scientific Data:

Chapin, F.T., Bolorinos, J. & Mauter, M.S. Electricity and natural gas tariffs at United States wastewater treatment plants. Sci Data 11, 113 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02886-6

In BibTeX format:

@Article{Chapin2024,
author={Chapin, Fletcher T and Bolorinos, Jose and Mauter, Meagan S.},
title={Electricity and natural gas tariffs at United States wastewater treatment plants},
journal={Scientific Data},
year={2024},
month={Jan},
day={23},
volume={11},
number={1},
pages={113},
issn={2052-4463},
doi={10.1038/s41597-023-02886-6},
url={https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02886-6}
}

Citing emissions.py

The emissions optimization code was originally developed for co-optimizing costs and emissions at a wastewater treatment plant and published in Environmental Science & Technology:

Chapin, F.T., Wettermark, D., Bolorinos, J. & Mauter, M.S. Load-shifting strategies for cost-effective emission reductions at wastewater facilities Environ. Sci. Technol. 59, 2285-2294 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09773

In BibTeX format:

@article{chapin2025load,
  title={Load-Shifting Strategies for Cost-Effective Emission Reductions at Wastewater Facilities},
  author={Chapin, Fletcher T and Wettermark, Daly and Bolorinos, Jose and Mauter, Meagan S},
  journal={Environmental Science \& Technology},
  volume={59},
  number={4},
  pages={2285--2294},
  year={2025},
  publisher={ACS Publications},
  url={https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c09773}
}

Citing metrics.py

The flexibility metrics come from the following Nature Water paper:

Rao, A. K., Bolorinos, J., Musabandesu, E., Chapin, F. T., & Mauter, M. S. Valuing energy flexibility from water systems. Nat. Water 2, 1028-1037 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00316-4

In BibTeX format:

@article{rao2024valuing,
  title={Valuing energy flexibility from water systems},
  author={Rao, Akshay K and Bolorinos, Jose and Musabandesu, Erin and Chapin, Fletcher T and Mauter, Meagan S},
  journal={Nature Water},
  volume={2},
  number={10},
  pages={1028--1037},
  year={2024},
  publisher={Nature Publishing Group UK London},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00316-4}
}