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economic dispatch

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002034

The operation of generation facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002034
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoeconomic costs; electric energy consumption; electric power; energy conservation; energy efficiency
TranslationsSpanish: despacho económico
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002034",
  "term": "economic dispatch",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The operation of generation facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities.",
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "economic costs",
    "electric energy consumption",
    "electric power",
    "energy conservation",
    "energy efficiency"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "despacho económico"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/economic-dispatch/"
}

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