- 行业: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A targeted increase in end-use consumption during certain time periods or among certain customer types. The result is a general increase in energy sales beyond the valley filling strategy. Strategic load growth may involve increased market share of loads that are, or can be, served by competing fuels, as well as area development.
Industry:Energy
Approved rates which yield a rate of return insufficient to attract new capital.
Industry:Energy
In ratemaking intergeneration refers to costs that are incurred by more than one generation of rate payers (e.g., depreciation). Section 9 of the Natural Gas Act requires a separate just and reasonable finding on any intergeneration costs even in Settlements.
Industry:Energy
Technically, the temperature registered by the dry bulb thermometer of a psychrometer. It is identical with the temperature of the air.
Industry:Energy
The last or lowest priced block of energy in a declining block rate structure.
Industry:Energy
The term "modified fixed variable rate design" refers to a method of determining demand and commodity rates whereby all fixed costs except equity return and related taxes are classified to the demand component.
Industry:Energy
A factor which is used to reduce a strength value to obtain an engineering design stress. The factor may vary depending on the service conditions, the hazard, the length of service desired, the uncertainties, and the properties of the pipe.
Industry:Energy
A pilot which is automatically lighted each time there is a call for heat, it burns during the entire period that the main burner is firing.
Industry:Energy
A vertical pipe, either inside or outside a foundation wall, from the grade of the service pipe to the level of the meter.
Industry:Energy
Contract specifying the terms and conditions for the exchange of wellhead gas production between different companies usually within the same producing field.
Industry:Energy
