Electric Power Industry in Nontechnical Language, 2nd Edition

Appendix C: Unit of Measure

kilowatt (kW) = 1,000 (one thousand) watts

megawatt (MW) = 1,000,000 (one million) watts

gigawatt (GW) = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) watts

terawatt (TW) = 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) watts

gigawatt (GW) = 1,000,000 (one million) kilowatts

thousand gigawatts = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) kilowatts

kilowatt-hours (kWh) = 1,000 (one thousand) watt-hours

megawatt-hours (MWh) = 1,000,000 (one million) watt-hours

gigawatt-hours (GWh) = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) watt-hours

terawatt-hours (TWh) = 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) watt-hours

gigawatt-hours (GWh) = 1,000,000 (one million) kilowatt-hours

thousand gigawatt-hours = 1,000,000,000 (one billion) kilowatt-hours

U.S. dollar = 1,000 (one thousand) mills

U.S. cent = 10 (ten) mills

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