Commodity Electricity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-005778

1. Physical electricity in the absence of the technological, environmental, social, and economic benefits associated with a specific generation source. These benefits are transferable over geographic distance through a tradable instrument called a renewable energy certificate (REC) and can be re-associated with the physical electricity at the point of use.

2. Is physical electricity in the absence of the technological, environmental, social, and economic benefits associated with a specific generation source. These benefits are transferable over geographic distance through a tradable instrument called a renewable energy certificate (REC) and can be re-associated with the physical electricity at the point of use.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-005778
Field	Environment
Subject	Climate change
References	GPP Glossary; Green Power Markets Glossary

Record as JSON

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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005778",
  "term": "Commodity Electricity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Physical electricity in the absence of the technological, environmental, social, and economic benefits associated with a specific generation source. These benefits are transferable over geographic distance through a tradable instrument called a renewable energy certificate (REC) and can be re-associated with the physical electricity at the point of use.\n\n2. Is physical electricity in the absence of the technological, environmental, social, and economic benefits associated with a specific generation source. These benefits are transferable over geographic distance through a tradable instrument called a renewable energy certificate (REC) and can be re-associated with the physical electricity at the point of use.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "GPP Glossary",
    "Green Power Markets Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/commodity-electricity/"
}

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