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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
forced outage
the unscheduled interruption of electric power to a portion of a power system due to equipment failure, weather conditions, or other mishaps.
forced outage rate
a measure of performance usually applied to generation units. It is the ratio of equipment down-time vs. the total time that the unit is available for operation.