- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Gas taken that is not authorized is unauthorized. On a daily basis, that quantity of gas taken over and above the contract demand and not provided for by special authorization is unauthorized. On a monthly, seasonal or annual basis gas taken above a customer's nominated level without advance authorization. See OVERRUN, AUTHORIZED.
Industry:Energy
Process of heat transfer through a material medium in which kinetic energy is transmitted by the particles of the material from particle to particle without gross displacement of the particles.
Industry:Energy
The equivalent evaporation of 34.5 lbs. of water per hour at 212 degrees F and above. This is equal to a heat output of 33,475 Btu per hour.
Industry:Energy
The recording on the books of account, in a given period, of expenses or charges incurred and/or of income earned for the period, to reflect the matching of income and expenses to the fullest extent possible, independent of the dates on which settlements of such items are made.
Industry:Energy
A combustible gas made in a furnace or apparatus by circulating air or a mixture of air and steam through a layer of incandescent material consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
Industry:Energy
A lubricated plug-type variable position valve which is usually operated with an attached handle or, in the large sizes, by a loose fitting key or extended handle wrench. Compare VALVE, TEST FIRING.
Industry:Energy
A set of standard record formats supporting the electronic data interchange of the documents described in the Nominations/Allocations Subcommittee and the Volume Imbalance Subcommittee reports.
Industry:Energy
An excess of natural gas deliverability relative to demand requirements at current prices.
Industry:Energy
Gas that can be produced with current technology at a cost that is no higher than its current market value.
Industry:Energy
