| Term | Description |
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| Generating Unit | The component of a power plant that produces, from any source, electric energy and ancillary services, and includes facilities that are necessary for the safe, reliable and economic operation of the generating unit. |
| Generation (MWh) | The process by which thermal, mechanical, chemical or nuclear energy is converted into electrical energy, using an energy source, which may include natural gas, coal, nuclear fuel, wind, water (hydroelectric), biomass (waste products), solar heat, or any other means of converting basic energy contained in an energy source to electric energy. |
| Generator | The producer of electric energy. |
| Giga | One billion. |
| GigaJoule (GJ) | One billion Joules or a thousand Mega Joules. |
| GigaWatt | A measure of capacity equal to one million kilowatts or one billion Watts. |
| GigaWatt - hours | Equivalent to 1 million Kilowatts or one billion Watts supplied, produced or used for one hour. |
| Global | A global settlement system is one that handles all Customers (site IDs) the same way, regardless of whether they switch from the default or regulated rate provider. |
| GRA | General Rate Application. An application made by an investor owned utility to the EUB in seeking to change its electricity rates. Sometimes called GTA or General Tariff Application. |
| GRID | A network of electric energy transmission lines and connections. |
| GST | Federal Goods and Services Tax. |
| GXP | Grid Exit Point. This method is also referred to as the system residual profile, or the net system load shape (NSLS). The shape of the total load at the point of distribution, minus the (possibly loss-adjusted) total of interval-metered loads, is taken as the load profile for all Customers within the point of delivery (POD). The method can also be applied at the distribution system or load isolation zone level rather than at individual distribution points. |
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