- Industri: 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.
Low priority service offered to customers under schedules or contracts which anticipate and permit interruption on short notice, generally in peak-load seasons, by reason of the claim of firm service customers and higher priority users.
Industry:Energy
The act of moving gas from a designated receipt point to a designated delivery point pursuant to the terms of a contract between the transporter and the shipper. Generally it is the shipper's own gas which is being moved.
Industry:Energy
The mechanism which displays the volume of gas that has passed through the meter. Indexes consist of two general types: The circular dial type employs a pointer which sweeps through a circle marked with numerals indicating volume registered. The direct reading (digital or counter type) type employs a display marked with numerals indicating volume registered.
Industry:Energy
The unit used by a utility to measure participation in its DSM programs; usually customers or households in the case of residential programs.
Industry:Energy
A gas produced by the fermentation of sewage sludge low in heating value due to dilution with CO2 and N2; also marsh gas or firedamp.
Industry:Energy
A pressure unit representing the pressure required to support a column of water one inch high. Usually reported as inches W.C. (water column) at a specified temperature; 27.707 inches of water (at 60o and standard gravity of 32.174 ft/sec2) is equal to a gauge pressure of one pound per square inch.
Industry:Energy
All DSM costs directly associated with the preparation and implementation of the strategies designed to encourage participation in a program.
Industry:Energy
DSM resources that, if not installed initially, become more costly to exploit. An example is extra insulation when constructing a new building.
Industry:Energy
