- Industrie: Energy
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The amount of energy and capacity available for purchase from outside the system.
Industry:Energy
A physical barrier constructed across a river or waterway to control the flow of or raise the level of water. The purpose of construction may be for flood control, irrigation needs, hydroelectric power production, and/or recreation usage.
Industry:Energy
Those items related to transactions of a nonrecurring naturethat are not typical or customary business activities of the utility andthat would significantly distort the current year's net income if reported other than as extraordinary items.
Industry:Energy
An element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (energy charge is the other element). The capacity charge, sometimes called Demand Charge, is assessed on the amount of capacity being purchased.
Industry:Energy
Forward markets where electricity quantities and market clearing prices are calculated individually for each hour of the day on the basis of participant bids for energy sales and purchases.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time considered to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full power operation during the same period.
Industry:Energy
A schedule prepared by a scheduling coordinator or the independent system operator before the beginning of a trading day. This schedule indicates the levels of generation and demand scheduled for each settlement period that trading day.
Industry:Energy
The acquisition of a specified quantity of generating capacity from another utility for a specified period of time. The utility selling the power is obligated to make available to the buyer a specified quantity of power.
Industry:Energy
A system of sensors that assesses the amount of daylight and controls lighting or shading devices to maintain a specified lighting level. The sensors are sometimes referred to as "photocells."
Industry:Energy
Capacity utilization is computed by dividing production by productive capacity and multiplying by 100.
Industry:Energy
