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Energy efficiency or load management programs that help customers manage their use (demand) of electricity, and that avoid the necessity to build new generation

The minimum amount of electricity delivered or required over a specific time period at a steady rate

An electromechanical device that chemically converts fuel (usually natural gas) directly to electricity and heat without combustion and that recharges continually with natural gas

A specialized security or contract whose value is based on an underlying security or factor such as a price index, and that may include options, futures, forwards, etc.

The generating equipment that is normally operated to meet demand on a 24-hour basis

An agreement in which a purchaser is obligated to take delivery from a seller who is obligated to deliver a fixed amount for a predetermined price at a specific location; such contracts require a daily payment based on the present value of the agreement...

Buying power from the wholesale electricity market instead of from a supplier or local distribution company

A physical plant that normally operates continuously to take all or part of the minimum load of a system and that consequently generates electricity at an essentially constant rate

The flow of electricity that is controllable as to direction and amount, and does not oscillate in voltage or current

The ability of a retail customer to purchase power supplies and/or transmission services directly from a supplier without going through a local utility; in electric restructuring, such a contract could establish the price for electricity over a specified...