Best Practice Guide

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Lighting

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Procurement Policy

Building Envelope

Demand Response

Distributed Generation

Water Use

Motors

Food Service

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WHOLESALE COMPETITION Return to list of terms

A system whereby a distributor of power would have the option to buy its power from a variety of power producers, and the power producers would be able to compete to sell their power to a variety of distribution companies.

Source: California Energy Commission