Best Practice Guide

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Lighting

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Building Envelope

Demand Response

Distributed Generation

Water Use

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MARGINAL COSTReturn to list of terms

The sum that has to be paid the next increment of product of service. The marginal cost of electricity is the price to be paid for kilowatt-hours above and beyond those supplied by presently available generating capacity.

Source: California Energy Commission