- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
the national association of regulatory utility commissioners. An advisory council composed of governmental agencies of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers. "The chief objective is to serve the consumer interest by seeking to improve the quality and effectiveness of public regulation in America."
Industry:Energy
The National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates. NASUCA includes members from 38 states and the District of Columbia. It was formed "to exchange information and take positions on issues affecting utility rates before federal agencies, Congress and the courts.
Industry:Energy
Hydrocarbon gas found in the earth, composed of methane, ethane, butane, propane and other gases.
Industry:Energy
vehicles that are powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas.
Industry:Energy
A mixture of liquids extracted from natural gas and suitable for blending with ordinary oil-derived gasoline.
Industry:Energy
A control device that senses the presence of a person in a given space, commonly used to control lighting systems in buildings.
Industry:Energy
Temperature differences between deep and surface water. Deep water is likely to be 25 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit colder. The term also refers to experimental technology that could use the temperature differences as a means to produce energy.
Industry:Energy
A rating scale used to grade gasoline as to its antiknock properties. Also any of several isometric liquid paraffin hydrocarbons, C8H18. Normal octane is a colorless liquid found in petroleum boiling at 124.6 degrees Celsius.
Industry:Energy
A measure of a gasoline's resistance to exploding too early in the engine cycle, which causes knocking. The higher the rating, the lower the chance of premature ignition.
Industry:Energy
Any non-stationary device, powered by an internal combustion engine or motor, used primarily off the highways to propel, move, or draw persons or property, and used in any of the following applications: marine vessels, construction/farm equipment, locomotives, utility and lawn and garden equipment, off-road motorcycles, and off-highway vehicles.
Industry:Energy
