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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
One-thousand kilowatt-hours, or an amount of electrical energy that would supply 1,370 typical homes in the Western U.S. for one month. (This is a rounding up to 8,760 kWh/year per home based on an average of 8,549 kWh used per household per year (U.S. DOE EIA, 1997 annual per capita electricity consumption figures)).
Industry:Energy
A device for measuring levels and volumes of a customers gas and electricity use.
Industry:Energy
A light hydrocarbon that is the main component of natural gas and marsh gas. It is the product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, enteric fermentation in animals and is one of the greenhouse gases. Chemical formula is CH4.
Industry:Energy
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths of a few centimeters. It falls between infrared and radio wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. The radio wave beam can deliver electrical energy over long distances.
Industry:Energy
Generally, the required minimum generation level of a utility systems thermal units. Specifically, the lowest level of operation of oil-fired and gas-fired units at which they can be currently available to meet peak load needs.
Industry:Energy
Hydrocarbon gas found in the earth, composed of methane, ethane, butane, propane and other gases.
Industry:Energy
A mixture of liquids extracted from natural gas and suitable for blending with ordinary oil-derived gasoline.
Industry:Energy
A situation where one firm can produce a given level of output at a lower total cost than can any combination of multiple firms. Natural monopolies occur in industries which exhibit decreasing average long-run costs due to size (economies of scale). According to economic theory, a public monopoly governed by regulation is justified when an industry exhibits natural monopoly characteristics.
Industry:Energy
