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Best Practice Guide Glossary

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GENERATION DISPATCH AND CONTROL Return to list of terms

Aggregating and dispatching (sending off to some location) generation from various generating facilities, providing backups and reliability services. Ancillary services include the provision of reactive power, frequency control, and load following. (Also see "Power Pool" and "Poolco" below.)

Source: California Energy Commission