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curtailment

[ker-teyl-muhnt] / kərˈteɪl mənt /


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China’s solar curtailment hit 6.6% in the first half of 2025, up from 3.9% the year before.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

In Louisiana and parts of the Midwest, for instance, utilities have negotiated special large-load tariffs and contract terms with data-center customers that include higher base rates, upfront infrastructure contributions, and curtailment provisions during grid stress.

From Barron's Jan. 14, 2026

Mr Paddick says he has seen "a curtailment of charitable giving".

From BBC Nov. 26, 2025

He said Johnson's style of decision-making "may not be to everyone's taste" but added he was "wrestling with an enormously difficult question about the curtailment of liberty and the maintenance of access to healthcare".

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

"It is evident you feel no interest in the curtailment of my expenses."

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston




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