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Electric power sector

Electric power sector:  An energy-consuming sector that consists of Electricity-only and Combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public, as classified under Code 22 in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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