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Determining the generators that must be operated to meet daily demand

Electric service sufficient for basic needs that is available to all members of the population regardless of income

The additional expense from operating more expensive generating units to meet local demand; also called congestion costs

Under PURPA, a non-utility generator of electric power that has received a certificate from FERC, enabling it to sell electricity only at wholesale avoided cost to a utility

Accumulated capital cost of a utility's purchased or installed facilities that serve customers

in economics, finding reduced economies of scale and applying them across all alternatives

Pricing electricity based on the actual cost at the time it is demanded by a customer

An intangible (deferred debt cost, accelerated depreciation, etc.) that appears on a regulated utility's balance sheet and that can be recovered from ratepayers under regulation

The measure of performance of a bulk-power system that results in electricity being delivered to consumers within accepted standards and in the amount desired; measured by frequency, duration and magnitude of adverse impacts on the electric supply (also...

Allowing a customer to buy electricity from a supplier of choice and transmit (wheel) it on the grid