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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002034 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | economic costs; electric energy consumption; electric power; energy conservation; energy efficiency |
| Translations | Spanish: 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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