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Kilowatt-hour
The basic unit for pricing electric energy, equal to one kilowatt of power supplied continuously for one hour (or the amount of electricity needed to light ten 100-watt lightbulbs for one hour). One kWh equals 1,000 watthours. One kWh = 3. 306 cu ft of natural gas. An average household will use between 800-1300kWh/month.
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