- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The demand upon which billing to a customer is based, as specified in a rate schedule or contract. It may be based on the contract year, a contract minimum, or a previous maximum and, therefore, does not necessarily coincide with the actual measured demand of the billing period.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of (a) income before interest charges to (b) the sum of interest charges and dividends on preferred stock. Used as a measure of preferred dividend coverage or safety.
Industry:Energy
Where fuel to the main burner is normally turned on and ignited automatically.
Industry:Energy
A chemical substance or combination of substances that prevents or reduces the rate of the anodic or oxidation reaction by a physical, physio-chemical or chemical action.
Industry:Energy
A housing around an underground valve to allow access to the valve and to protect the valve from mechanical damage or the effects of weather.
Industry:Energy
A request for a physical quantity of gas under a specific purchase, sales or transportation agreement or for all contracts at a specific point. A nomination will continue for specified number of days or until superseded by another service request for the same contract.
Industry:Energy
An atmosphere containing oxygen at a concentration of less than 19.5% by volume and is not safe for breathing.
Industry:Energy
Plastics containing polymers and/or blends of polymers, in which the minimum butadiene content is 6%, the minimum acrylonitrile content is 15%, the minimum styrene and/or substituted content is 15%, and the maximum content of all other monomers is not more than 5%, and lubricants, stabilizers, and colorants.
Industry:Energy
