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Electricity Generation
Practical Law Glossary Item 9-517-5368
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Glossary
Electricity Generation
Also known as generation, this is either:
The process of producing electric energy by transforming other forms of energy (for example, coal, nuclear, wind and solar).
The total amount of electric energy produced.
Generation is measured in
kilowatt-hours
(kWh) or
megawatt-hours
(MWh). For information on the electricity generated in the US, see
Practice Note, Renewable Energy: Overview (US)
.