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joint unit control: Automatic generation control of a generating unit by two or more entities.
kilo-, mega-, giga: Prefixes used in electric measurements for thousand, million and billion (abbreviated to kV, mV, kW, mW, kWh, mWh, gWh) volts or watts.
kilowatt hour (kWh): The basic unit of electric energy equal to one kilowatt of power supplied to an electric circuit steadily for one hour (equivalent to about 3,450 Btu).
lambda: A term commonly given to the incremental cost that solves the economic dispatch calculation. It represents the cost of the next kilowatt hour that could be produced from dispatchable units on the system.
landfill gas: Landfill gas is a product of biodegradation of refuse in landfills and primarily consists of methane and carbon dioxide, with trace amounts of Nonmethane Organic Compounds (NMOC) and air pollutants.
least-cost planning: The balancing of supply-side and demand-side alternatives to meet energy needs at least cost (often called integrated resource planning).
lessons learned: A process for reviewing a completed project, what was learned, and using that knowledge for similar future projects.
licensing package: Detailed plans for meeting environmental or other requirements of a certificate, submitted as part of a compliance filing.
limited approach boundary: Limits the entrance or boundary crossing to qualified persons or those escorted by a qualified person
limiting critical contingency: See element.
limiting element: The element that is either operating at its appropriate rating or would be, following the limiting contingency that, as a result, establishes a system limit.

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