Buckeye Power & Light Company (BP&L) has recently retained the services of a consulting firm to analyze aspects of its operations. This supplement contains the consultant's report, which includes an optimized linear-programming (LP) spreadsheet model using the Excel Solver. The supplement also provides a detailed explanation of the model, written for someone with no prior LP experience. See also the main case, "Buckeye Power & Light Company" (QA-0326).