- 行业: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
An amendment to the Natural Gas Act which exempts from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulation the transportation and sale for resale of natural gas received within the boundaries of a state, provided (1) all such gas is ultimately consumed within the state, and (2) the facilities and rates are regulated by the state. Pipelines qualifying under this amendment are called Hinshaw Pipelines.
Industry:Energy
For gas-fired, central furnaces, the venting systems are classified and furnaces marked as follows: Category I - A central furnace that operates with a non-positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category II - A central furnace that operates with a non-positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature less than 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category III - A central furnace that operates with a positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature at least 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point. Category IV - A central furnace that operates with a positive vent pressure and with a vent gas temperature less than 140 degrees F (60 degrees C) above its dew point.
Industry:Energy
Pertains to any engine in which the heat or pressure necessary to produce power is developed in the engine cylinder by the combustion of a fuel.
Industry:Energy
The costs of disposing of plant, whether by demolishing, dismantling, abandoning, sale, or other. Removal costs increase the amount to be recovered as depreciation expense.
Industry:Energy
The quantity of natural gas occupying a volume of one thousand cubic feet at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit and at a pressure of fourteen and seventy-three hundredths pounds per square inch absolute.
Industry:Energy
Volume of air necessary to insure the complete combustion of unit mass or volume of a fuel.
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A certificate provided for by FERC Order 436 aimed at reducing regulatory hurdles for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to commencing construction of an interstate pipeline or any extension thereof.
Industry:Energy
A heater in which combustion products do not come in contact with the material to be heated; heating of the material is accomplished by radiation or conduction from the heated surfaced. Compare DIRECT-FIRED.
Industry:Energy
A rate schedule which provides for a fixed per unit charge regardless of the quantity of gas used.
Industry:Energy
An amortisable (Deferred Debit) account, which includes the depreciated value of property abandoned or damaged by circumstances that could not have been reasonably anticipated and which is not covered by insurance.
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