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Appendix D: Excerpts from an Analysis of the Expected Impact of Various Electrotechnologies on Electricity Demand
Pages 155-163

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... Market Pull: Time in which technology becomes marketable, requiring no subsidization or major research and development for market acceptance. Conceptually, this is the first major upward inflection on a market penetration "S" curve.
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From page 156...
... Impact Type (Tables D-2, D-3, and D-4: Classified as follows : D peak demand af f ec ted more than total ki lowatt hours E total kilowatt hours affected more than peak demand B proportional demand/energy impact.
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Key Terms

  • change relative
  • class load
  • signif icant
  • peak demand
  • hours affected

  • current consumption
  • lowatt hours
  • electric transportation
  • power research
  • major upward

  • national impacts
  • distant future
  • selected applications
  • future beyond
  • inc rease

  • transportation sectors
  • icant national
  • expected impact
  • regional impacts
  • rease ove

  • market penetration
  • upward inflection
  • icant utility
  • insignif icant
  • classif fed

  • total kilowatt
  • kilowatt hours
  • market pull
  • market acceptance
  • total ki


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