05.07.2009

One megawatt hour is equal to 1,000 kilowatt hours or 1 million watt-hours. Megawatt hours are the metering standard unit for the wholesale market. Amount of electricity needed to light ten thousand 100-watt light bulbs for a one-hour period. One million watts used for one hour.

One million watts of electric capacity. MWe refers to electric output from a generator

Unit of power equal to one million watts or 1,000 kilowatts or 10 to the power 6 watts or 3.412 mmbtu/hour

Usually natural gas contracts of between one to 12 months

Liquid petroleum with a density between that of light and heavy crude oil