The ORCED program and data are contained in Microsoft Excel for Windows or MacIntosh (.xls) files.  A detailed discussion of ORCED and what it was designed to analyze is provided in the ORNL report entitled "ORCED: A Model to Simulate the Operations and Costs of Bulk-Power Markets.  In order to use it, you will need the following files:
 

1. ORCED program file
2. Procedure file for setting up and running ORCED (Click Here to View)
3. Power plant data input file
4. Load Duration data input file

All four of these files have been bundled into one self-extracting zip file.  There are ten sets of these files since an ORCED program file has already been set up for each of the ten  NERC regions.  The procedures file describes how to change the data parameters within the program file and when to use the two input data files.The ORCED file and procedure file are bundled as one self-extracting zip file.  The two data files are also bundled as one self-extracting zip file so there are ten of them since there is a set of files for each of the ten NERC regions.