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The 23 pages that link to Merit order, each with the reason it gives.

• Order of the British EmpireCompared with: It has limited membership and no grades, unlike the Order's broad ranked structure.

• Capacity factorRelated: Dispatch patterns influence actual output and therefore realized capacity factors.

• Electricity marketRelated: Wholesale markets often dispatch generators in cost order, shaping which plants set prices.

• Load balancingRelated: Dispatch order influences which resources meet balancing needs and at what cost.

• Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireCompared with: It is a separate, limited order that recognizes distinction without ranking within the OBE grades.

• Order of CanadaCompared with: Unlike the Canadian order, it is a British honour with limited membership.

• Economic dispatchRelated: It approximates the order in which units are loaded when constraints do not bind.

• Levelized cost of electricityCompared with: Dispatch order depends on operating costs, not the lifetime average captured by LCOE.

• Dispatchable generationRelated: Dispatchable units are scheduled according to both their costs and the system’s needs.

• Dorothy HodgkinRelated: Hodgkin received the honor in 1965, recognizing her scientific contributions.

• Load followingRelated: The merit order shapes which plants absorb demand changes and which remain at steady output.

• Margot FonteynRelated: Fonteyn received the honor in 1990, reflecting the national stature of her artistic career.

• Renewable energy curtailmentRelated: Renewables often have low marginal costs, but network and balancing constraints can still force them off the system.

• William WaltonRelated: Walton’s appointment recognized his standing in British cultural life.

• Barbara HepworthRelated: Hepworth received the Order of Merit in 1965, a rare recognition for a living artist.

• John MasefieldRelated: Masefield received this honor in 1935, reflecting his national standing.

• Cecil Day-LewisRelated: Day-Lewis received the honor in 1968, the year he became Poet Laureate.

• Harrison BirtwistleRelated: Birtwistle was appointed to the order in 2001, reflecting his standing in British music.

• Alan PatonRelated: Paton received this honor in 197Paton remains known for joining literary influence to organized opposition to apartheid.

• Base loadRelated: Market dispatch can cause plants labeled as base-load resources to ramp down or stop.

• Frederic LeightonRelated: Leighton became its first recipient in 1902, six years after his death.

• Alec ToddRelated: Todd was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1977.

• Cyril N. HinshelwoodRelated: Hinshelwood was appointed to the order in 1960.