- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
That portion of the total electric or gas rate covering the general costs of doing business unrelated to fuel expenses.
Industry:Energy
The total market value of the goods and services produced by a nation before deduction or depreciation charges and other allowance for capital consumption and is widely used as a measure of economic activity.
Industry:Energy
A drilled well that does not yield gas and/or oil quantities or condition to support commercial production; also applied to gas that has been produced and from which liquid components have been removed.
Industry:Energy
A prediction of future energy needs which does not take into account the likely effects of new conservation programs that have not yet been started.
Industry:Energy
A means of making coal cleaner so it will produce less ash and less sulfur emissions.
Industry:Energy
The conventional type of geothermal energy used for electricity production in California. Dry steam captured at the earth's surface is used to run electric turbines. The principal dry steam resource area is the Geysers in Northern California; one of only two known areas in the world for dry steam, the other being Larderello, Italy.
Industry:Energy
The outdoor temperature at which a building's internal heat gain (from people, lights and machines) is equal to the heat loss through windows, roof and walls.
Industry:Energy
A central plant heating , ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC ) system that produces conditioned air at two temperatures and humidity levels. The air is then supplied through two independent duct systems to the points of usage where mixing occurs.
Industry:Energy
Acronym for "bone dry tons." This is a measurement of biomass that has zero percent moisture content. Amounts are usually given in BDT/year.
Industry:Energy
