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Glossary of electric power terms

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Title Glossary of electric power terms
Relation Pumped-Storage in the Pacific Northwest
Date 2005-05-10 to 2005-05-25
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Description GLOSSARY OF ELECTRIC POWER TERMS AFTERBAY — The body of water immediately downstream from a hydroelectric plant. AVERAGE MEGAWATT — A unit of average energy output over a specified time period (total energy in megawatt-hours divided by the number of hours in the time period). BASE LOAD — See Load, Base. BIFURCATION — A branching or wye connection in a conduit or penstock. BOOSTER PUMP — A separate pump (sometimes used in pumped-storage power plants) designed to...
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