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An amount agreed between buyer and seller to be subtracted from an existing benchmark.
Industry:Energy
Release of water from a reservoir over a spillway rather than putting it through turbines to generate electricity. A spillway is the overflow structure of a dam.
Industry:Energy
Volume of gas that is expected to be cycled from a natural gas storage facility.
Industry:Energy
The process of producing electricity by transforming other forms of energy such as steam, heat or falling water. Also, the amount of electricity produced, expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh) or megawatt-hours (MWh).
Industry:Energy
The amount of capacity above planned peak system demand available to provide for scheduled maintenance, emergency outages, system operating requirements, and unforeseen demand.
Industry:Energy
The range from base load to a point between base load and peak. This point may be the midpoint, a percent of the peakload, or the load over a specified time period.
Industry:Energy
An automotive fuel, mainly used in Canada and in transport fleet operations in the US.
Industry:Energy
One gigawatt equals 1-billion watts, 1-million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts. Abbreviates to GW.
Industry:Energy
In oil, a naturally occurring geological formation containing hydrocarbon. In power, a structure (usually a dam) which stores water for later use in the production of electricity.
Industry:Energy
