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Curtailment is a loss of potentially useful energy, and may impact power purchase agreements. [5] [6] However, utilizing all available energy may require costly methods such as building new power lines or storage, becoming more expensive than letting surplus power go unused. [7] [8] [9] [10]
California is the only state with extensive deployment of wind, solar, and geothermal energy. California's venture capital investments in sustainable energy are greater than the other 49 states combined, at $2.2 billion in 2012. [109]
Capacity factor is a measure of the output of a power plant compared to the maximum output it could produce. Capacity factor is often defined as the ratio of average load to capacity or the ratio of average load to peak load in a period of time. A higher load factor is advantageous because a power plant may be less efficient at low load factors ...
A clothes dryer using a demand response switch to reduce peak demand Daily load diagram; Blue shows real load usage and green shows ideal load.. Demand response is a change in the power consumption of an electric utility customer to better match the demand for power with the supply. [1]
SCPPA was created in 1980 to help finance the acquisition of generation and transmission resources for its members. [1] The SCPPA is composed of the municipal utilities of the cities of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Burbank, Cerritos, Colton, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside and Vernon, and the Imperial Irrigation District (Member Agencies). [2]
Another Flex Alert is set for Wednesday as California’s record heat wave continues. California’s power grid withstood the heat. So why did six cities have rolling blackouts?
Load forecasting (electric load forecasting, electric demand forecasting). Although "load" is an ambiguous term, in load forecasting the "load" usually means demand (in kW) or energy (in kWh) and since the magnitude of power and energy is the same for hourly data, usually no distinction is made between demand and energy. [16]
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