Enhancement: Automatically insert technology names in control strategy definitions (#558)

* add tech name to control parameters in setup

* remove obselete test and associate files

* handle no keys in control parameters and update testing

Author: RHammond2

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   - Partial testing suite refactor to parameterize many of the common fixtures and test routines.
   - `unittest` style tests are refactored to be `pytest` style tests for test consistency.
 - Added a pre-commit hook for `yamlfix` to auto-format YAML files and `yamlfix`'d all YAML files for consistent formatting
+- Insert model names for technologies with control strategies to simplify Pyomo workflows.
 
 ## 0.6 [February 10, 2026]
 

examples/18_pyomo_heuristic_dispatch/pyomo_heuristic_dispatch_error_for_testing.yaml

@@ -1276,14 +1276,20 @@ def test_pyomo_heuristic_dispatch_example(subtests, temp_copy_of_example):
         )
         assert electricity_unmet_demand == pytest.approx(711.1997294551337, rel=1e-6)
 
-    # check that error is raised when incorrect tech_name is given
-    with subtests.test("Check incorrect tech_name error"):
-        expected_error = (
-            r"tech_name in control_parameters \(wrong_tech_name\) must match "
-            r"the top-level name of the tech group \(battery\)"
-        )
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=expected_error):
-            H2IntegrateModel(example_folder / "pyomo_heuristic_dispatch_error_for_testing.yaml")
+    # Check that incorrect and no tech name provided will be replaced and validate
+    model_config = load_yaml(example_folder / "pyomo_heuristic_dispatch.yaml")
+    tech = load_yaml(example_folder / "tech_config.yaml")
+    with subtests.test("Ensure no-tech name validates"):
+        tech["technologies"]["battery"]["model_inputs"]["control_parameters"] = None
+        model_config["technology_config"] = tech
+        model = H2IntegrateModel(model_config)
+
+    with subtests.test("Ensure incorrect name is corrected"):
+        tech["technologies"]["battery"]["model_inputs"]["control_parameters"] = {
+            "tech_name": "goose"
+        }
+        model_config["technology_config"] = tech
+        model = H2IntegrateModel(model_config)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration

examples/18_pyomo_heuristic_dispatch/tech_config_error_for_testing.yaml

@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ def load_config(self, config_input):
             )
         )
 
+        for name, vals in self.technology_config["technologies"].items():
+            if "control_parameters" in vals["model_inputs"]:
+                val = self.technology_config["technologies"][name]["model_inputs"][
+                    "control_parameters"
+                ]
+                updated = {"tech_name": name}
+                if val is not None:
+                    self.technology_config["technologies"][name]["model_inputs"][
+                        "control_parameters"
+                    ].update(updated)
+                else:
+                    self.technology_config["technologies"][name]["model_inputs"][
+                        "control_parameters"
+                    ] = updated
+
     def create_custom_models(self, model_config, config_parent_path, model_types, prefix=""):
         """This method loads custom models from the specified directory and adds them to the
         supported models dictionary.