Electricity

Vertically integrated monopoly utility electric market model

Under the vertically integrated monopoly utility m

Volt-ampere reactive (VAR)

A VAR is a unit of measurement of reactive power.

Voltage

The term voltage is used to quantify the pressure

Voltage collapse

Voltage collapse is a particular type of blackout

Voltage regulator

Voltage regulators are adjustable step-up or step-

Voltage support

Voltage support is provided by specially equipped

Water turbine

Water turbines are used in hydroelectric power pla

Watt (W)

A watt is the basic unit of power in the Internati

Watt's Law

Watt’s Law is an electrical relationship that is

Watt-hour (Wh)

A watt-hour is the basic unit of measuring electri

Wholesale customer

In the energy industry, wholesale customers are en

Wholesale electric pricing

Generally speaking, market-based prices are determ

Wholesale marketer

Wholesale marketers are entities that purchase nat

Wholesale/industrial competition electric market model

Under the wholesale/industrial competition model,

Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines that gener

Wind power

Wind power is created by the conversion of kinetic

Wye distribution line

A wye distribution line describes a specific confi

Zero carbon

Zero carbon describes a process that has no greenh

Zero emission vehicle (ZEV)

A ZEV is a vehicle that emits close to zero pollut

Zero-emissions credit (ZEC)

A ZEC is a tradeable financial instrument that all