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Forced outage

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000831

The shutdown of a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility for emergency reasons or a condition in which the generating equipment is unavailable for load due to unanticipated breakdown.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000831
FieldEnergy
SubjectElectricity
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000831",
  "term": "Forced outage",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The shutdown of a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility for emergency reasons or a condition in which the generating equipment is unavailable for load due to unanticipated breakdown.",
  "subject": "Electricity",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/forced-outage/"
}

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