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Best Practice Guide GlossaryBrowse the glossary alphabetically: MEGAWATT HOUR (MWh) Return to list of termsOne thousand kilowatt-hours, or an amount of electricity that would supply the monthly power needs of 1,000 typical homes in the Western U.S. (This is a rounding up to 8,760 kWh/year per home based on an average of 8,549 kWh used per household per year [U.S. DOE EIA, 1997 annual per capita electricity consumption figures]). Source: California Energy Commission |