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• The requirement imposed by electricity grids or natural gas pipelines that supply and demand be equal over a certain time period.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Balancing. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/balancing.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Balancing. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/balancing (accessed: February 8, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Balancing." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 8 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/balancing.

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