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Industry: Energy
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A well drilled, completed, or converted for the purpose of supporting production in an existing field. Wells of this class also are drilled or converted for the following specific purposes: gas injection (natural gas, propane, butane or fuel-gas); water injection; steam injection; air injection; salt water disposal; water supply for injection; observation; and injection for in-situ combustion.
Industry:Energy
A regulated entity which owns and may construct and maintain wires used to transmit wholesale power. It may or may not handle the power dispatch and coordination functions. It is regulated to provide non-discriminatory connections, comparable service, and cost recovery.
Industry:Energy
Power or power-producing capacity supplied or available under a commitment having limited or no assured availability.
Industry:Energy
A class of ownership found in the electric power industry where the utility is regulated and authorized to achieve an allowed rate of return.
Industry:Energy
A lending agency of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the REA makes self-liquidating loans to qualified borrowers to finance electric and telephone service to rural areas. The REA finances the construction and operation of generating plants, electric transmission and distribution lines, or systems for the furnishing of initial and continued adequate electric services to persons in rural areas not receiving central station service.
Industry:Energy
A transmission line connecting two ormore power systems.
Industry:Energy
Any point not on, or directly interconnected with, a transportation, storage, and/or distribution system operated by a natural gas company within a state.
Industry:Energy
A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon. It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of -43.67 degrees Fahrenheit. It is extracted from natural gas or refinery gas streams. It includes all products designated in ASTM Specification D1835 and Gas Processors Association Specifications for commercial propane and HD-5 propane.
Industry:Energy
A mine that reaches the coal bed by means of a vertical shaft.
Industry:Energy
Movement of natural, synthetic, and/or supplemental gas between points beyond the immediate vicinity of the field or plant from which produced except (1) for movements through well or field lines to a central point for delivery to a pipeline or processing plant within the same state or (2) movements from a city gate point of receipt to consumers through distribution mains.
Industry:Energy