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• A market for the trading of capacity credits (the ability to produce electricity in the market area during a defined period) usually between parties obligated to deliver electricity to customers and power plant owners.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Capacity markets. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved June 10, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capacity-markets.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Capacity markets. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capacity-markets (accessed: June 10, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Capacity markets." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 10 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capacity-markets.

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