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new york mercantile exchange
An organization that runs the market for trading of commodity futures and options.
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alternative energy
Energy as solar, wind, hydro, nuclear or other, that can replace or supplement traditional fossil-fuel based sources of energy as coal, oil, and natural gas.
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ancillary services
The services in addition to electric supply that are required to deliver electricity to end users and to maintain system reliability. These include automatic generation control, reserves, voltage supp [..]
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annual usage
The total amount of electricity consumed in a year by a given end user.
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balancing power
See imbalance energy.
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baseload
Electricity usage that is constant through a specified time period. Also used to refer to the generating units that run all 24 hours of the day to serve a system's baseload demand.
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blackout
The loss of power to a portion of the distribution or transmission system.
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black start
Generation that can start-up without energy from the grid.
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capacity
The maximum electric power output of a generating unit (measured in MW) or the maximum amount of power that lines or equipment can safely carry.
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