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2. Owner-operator - Wikipedia

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   An owner-operator is a small business or microbusiness owner who also runs the day-to-day operations of the company. Owner-operators are found in many business models and franchising companies in many different industries like restaurant chains , health care , logistics , maintenance, repair, and operations .

3. Plant operator - Wikipedia

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   A plant operator is an employee who supervises the operation of an industrial plant.The term is usually applied to workers employed in utilities, wastewater treatment plants, power plants or chemical plants such as gas extraction facilities, petrochemical or oil refineries.

4. Regional transmission organization (North America) - Wikipedia

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   The grid operators forecast load and schedule generation to assure that sufficient generation and back-up power is available in case demand rises or a power plant or power line is lost. They also operate wholesale electricity markets that enable participants to buy and sell electricity on a day-ahead or a real-time spot market basis.

5. Midcontinent Independent System Operator - Wikipedia

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   RTOs also provide non-discriminatory access to the transmission network. However, they are required to meet specific FERC regulations that deal with transmission planning and expansion for an entire region, the use of energy markets to deal with system congestion, of power users and owners. RTOs offer regional wholesale electric transmission ...

6. Power system operations and control - Wikipedia

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   In the restructured North American power transmission grid, these centers belong to balancing authorities numbered 74 in 2016, [4] the entities responsible for operations are also called independent system operators, transmission system operators. The other form of balancing resources of multiple power plants is a power pool. [5]

7. International Union of Operating Engineers - Wikipedia

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   The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States–based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also called operating engineers or power engineers) who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and industrial complexes, in the United States ...