Not exact matches
Transmission upgrades and efficiency
measures already are in service, Cuomo said, adding that other generation resources ready to come online by 2021 will help generate more than enough
electrical power to replace Indian Point's
capacity.
Surplus energy can be stored for later use, but today's
electrical grid has little storage
capacity, so other
measures are used to balance electricity supply and demand.
Electrical capacity is
measured in watt - hours; electric cars use about 350 watt - hours to drive one mile in the city.
A
capacity factor
measures the amount of electricity actually produced by a generating unit compared to the
electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full power operation.