- Industri: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
A colorless hydrocarbon gas of slight odor having a gross heating value of 1,773 Btu per cubic foot and a specific gravity of 1.0488. It is a normal constituent of natural gas.
Industry:Energy
A list of a company's account numbers and corresponding account titles, together with specific instructions for the use of individual accounts and general instructions as to the basis of accounting. For utilities, Uniform Systems of Accounts have been issued by both the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). These accounts differ between various utilities, i.e., gas versus electric.
Industry:Energy
A series of controlled mini-explosions (pulses) creating a pressure pulse and sustaining combustion through a type of chain reaction. This principle applied to a gas heating or water heating appliance will significantly increase the appliance's operating efficiency due to increased turbulence and the elimination of the need to operate a flue gas blower for venting.
Industry:Energy
Process by which biomass materials are burned for direct energy or by which such materials are converted to synthetic fuels.
Industry:Energy
The effective rate on file with the Commission, excluding adjustments. It is the rate level established in a general Section 4 rate proceeding or Section 154.303(e) base rate restatement proceeding.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the weight of water vapor in the atmosphere to the weight the air would hold if completely saturated at that temperature, expressed as a percentage.
Industry:Energy
A colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas used in hydrogenation of petroleum and for producing ammonia. Also, an important constituent of manufactured gas.
Industry:Energy
