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• A characteristic of the transmission system produced by a constraint on the optimum economic operation of the power system, such that the marginal price of energy to serve the next increment of load, exclusive of losses, at different locations on the transmission system is unequal.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  congestion. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/congestion.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  congestion. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/congestion (accessed: March 25, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "congestion." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 25 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/congestion.

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