INFLEXIBLE_CONSUMPTION

Power (or energy) sensors representing loads that are relevant, but not flexible in the timing of their demand. For example, a sensor recording the power of a base load that is connected behind the main meter, and whose consumption falls under the same contract as the flexible device(s) being scheduled. Their power demand cannot be adjusted but still matters for finding the best schedule for other devices.

The sign convention is determined by the key name: positive values denote consumption. Sensors that explicitly record consumption as negative values (consumption_is_positive attribute set to false) are rejected here; list them under inflexible-production instead.

Must be a list of sensor references, optionally with source filters, and optionally each assigned to a group (so the device’s measured load counts towards that group’s intermediate power constraint).