- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Soft coal containing large amounts of carbon. It has a luminous flame and produces a great deal of smoke.
Industry:Energy
The amount of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given amount of fuel.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of light from a lamp to the electrical power consumed, including ballast losses, expressed as lumens per watt. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302)
Industry:Energy
A power loss affecting many electricity consumers over a large geographical area for a significant period of time.
Industry:Energy
A type of hydrogen atom that may be used as fuel for fusion power plants. Also called DEUTERIUM, it is found in abundance in the seas.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system (such as a machine, engine, or motor) to the energy supplied to it over the same period or cycle of operation. The ratio is usually determined under specific test conditions.
Industry:Energy
Contracts which establish future prices and quantities of electricity independent of the short-term market. Derivatives may be used for this purpose. (See Contracts for Differences, Forwards, Futures Market, and Options.)
Industry:Energy
Electricity Consumers Resources Council. ELCON is an association of 28 large industrial consumers of electricity. ELCON members account for over five percent of all electricity consumed in the United States. ELCON was formed in 1976 "to enable member companies to "work cooperatively for the development of coordinated, rational and consistent policies affecting electric energy supply and pricing at the federal, state, and local levels."
Industry:Energy
(BWR) A nuclear power unit in which water used as a coolant is allowed to boil at the core. The resulting steam may be used to drive electric turbines.
Industry:Energy
