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Capacity charge

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000050

One of two elements in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (the other element is the energy charge). The capacity charge, sometimes called the demand charge, is assessed on the capacity (amount of electric power) being purchased.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000050
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "One of two elements in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (the other element is the energy charge). The capacity charge, sometimes called the demand charge, is assessed on the capacity (amount of electric power) being purchased.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/capacity-charge/"
}

Record 50 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.