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• The amount of time an electrical generator is generating or available to generate, as a fraction of the total time the generator is in commercial service.

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  availability. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/availability.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  availability. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/availability (accessed: March 27, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "availability." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 27 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/availability.

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