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Three of those dams — Anderson Ranch, Black Canyon and Boise River — generate roughly 225 million kilowatts of electricity a year, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
By vetoing it, Newsom assured that renters and schools must keep selling virtually all their solar output to the utilities for three cents per kilowatt hour and then buy it back for much higher rates.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, the national average for a kilowatt of electricity at a public EV charging station was 35 cents.
—Saleen Martin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
Utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas emits about 60 percent less carbon dioxide than coal per kilowatt hour of electricity produced.
—Daniel Yergin, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
By vetoing it, Newsom assured that renters and schools must keep selling virtually all their solar output to the utilities for three cents per kilowatt hour and then buy it back for much higher rates.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, the national average for a kilowatt of electricity at a public EV charging station was 35 cents.
—Saleen Martin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
Utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas emits about 60 percent less carbon dioxide than coal per kilowatt hour of electricity produced.
—Daniel Yergin, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Kilowatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilowatt. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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kilowatt
noun
kilo·watt
ˈkil-ə-ˌwät 
: 1000 watts
Medical Definition
kilowatt
noun
kilo·watt
ˈkil-ə-ˌwät
: 1000 watts
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