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Capacity charge

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000218

An element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (energy charge is the other element). The capacity charge, sometimes called Demand Charge, is assessed on the amount of capacity being purchased.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000218
FieldEnergy
SubjectElectricity
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000218",
  "term": "Capacity charge",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "An element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (energy charge is the other element). The capacity charge, sometimes called Demand Charge, is assessed on the amount of capacity being purchased.",
  "subject": "Electricity",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/capacity-charge/"
}

Record 218 of 2,500 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.