Watt (W) (W)

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Energy Market

The unit of electrical power equal to 1 ampere under a pressure of one volt. A Watt is equal to 1/746 horsepower.

FERC — Guide to Market Oversight Glossary retrieved 2014-06-26

Solar Energy

A basic unit of power; one joule of energy consumed per second. When used to describe electrical power, one watt is the product of voltage times current.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15