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To help you understand the key issues facing our industry, please use the following glossary of terms:
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- Kilovolt
- One thousand volts
- Kilowatt (KW)
- One thousand watts, which is the amount of electricity it takes to light ten 100-watt light bulbs.
- Kilowatt-hour (KWh)
- Electrical energy supplied at a rate of 1,000 watts for one hour. The amount of electricity consumed to light 10, 100-watt light bulbs for one hour. The average home in SCE’s service area consumes between 550 and 600 kWh per month. (A watt-hour is the basic unit for measuring electric energy consumption and is the billing unit for retail electricity).
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