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kilowattUnit of power equal to 1,000 watts or about 1.34 horsepower. If an electrical appliance has a power rating of 1 kW, it will change 1000 J of electrical energy into other forms of energy every second; for example, a 1 kW electric heater changes 1000 J of electrical energy into 1000 J of heat energy every second it is turned on. |
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| The project is expected to generate savings of approximately $160,000 over a five-year period, reduce electricity usage by 232,849 kilowatt hours annually and reduce peak demand by 32. Currently, net metering is available for projects up to 50 kilowatts at the discretion of the local energy distribution companies. The city's chief legislative analyst highlighted the potential solar-energy shortfall in a report on the DWP's ``green'' power program and said costs per kilowatt hour on the sampled solar installations were roughly twice the market average of 40 cents. |
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