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Add assertion for correct sector weather year

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#607 opened on May 22, 2025

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Description

Feature Request

As identified in Issue #604, if 2018 weather year is not selected, the sector workflow fails and does not tell you why. Some sort of warning should be given to users to identify this.

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Locate where the weather year is selected (likely in a configuration file or script) and add an assertion to check that 2018 is used for sector weather, referencing issue #604 for context. Provide a helpful error message if not.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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PythonGit
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70