Wrong units used on Power Move Flex email?

Both Kilowatts (kWh) and Megawatts (mWh) are units of the metric system. Kilowatts are 1000 watts and megawatts are 1000 kilowatts. Gigawatts which will be reached on the grid overall are 1000 megawatts. The kWh means kilowatt hours, so the number of kilowatts used in an hour.

So why is the overall shift shown as  a *rate* of “97 megawatts”? 

It’s not only the units that are wrong. There were 97 of them, so the verb should be in the plural (were, not was).

Some poor junior member of staff will no doubt be getting a black mark.

Every 1000 kilowatts is equal to 1 megawatt. In general, it has been shown that many people struggle with reading large numbers. So expressing 97000 kilowatts as 97 megawatts is easier to read.

I don’t think I phrased the question well. My point is: kWh is a *quantity* of electricity. mW is a *rate* of  consumption (or production).

Thanks, Steve. That’s my point exactly. But should an energy company be making this mistake?

Hey ​@Bendog ​@BobR ​@MGSteve 

Thanks for flagging this, I raised it to the Power Move Flex team, they’ve confirmed that there was a mistake with the unit and it should have been MWh - not MW. 

They thank you all for flagging the mistake and that it was an issue in the process. Apologies for the confusion caused here.

Thanks for the update