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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
Number of terms: 9078
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Extra machinery needed to support the operation of a power plant or other large facility.
Industry:Energy
an element of a county general plan consisting of a statement of geothermal development policies, including a diagram or diagrams and text setting forth objectives, principles, standards, and plan proposals, including a discussion of environmental damages and identification of sensitive environmental areas, including unique wildlife habitat, scenic, residential, and recreational areas, adopted pursuant to Section 65303 of the Government Code.
Industry:Energy
A device for evaporatively cooling water by contact with air.
Industry:Energy
The revenue requirement of a utility divided by the utility's sales. Average cost typically includes the costs of existing power plants, transmission, and distribution lines, and other facilities used by a utility to serve its customers. It also included operating and maintenance, tax, and fuel expenses.
Industry:Energy
Natural heat from within the earth, captured for production of electric power, space heating or industrial steam.
Industry:Energy
This is the commonly used term for a rural electric cooperative. Rural electric cooperatives generate and purchase wholesale power, arrange for the transmission of that power, and then distribute the power to serve the demand of rural customers. Co-ops typically become involved in ancillary services such as energy conservation, load management and other demand-side management programs in order to serve their customers at least cost.
Industry:Energy
The energy demand in a given geographical area over a period of time. For example, the number of kilowatt-hours used in a 24-hour period, divided by 24, tells the average demand for that period.
Industry:Energy
The change in the earth's temperature with depth. As one goes deeper, the earth becomes hotter.
Industry:Energy
A joint venture organized by consumers to make electric utility service available in their area.
Industry:Energy
Rain, snow and runoff conditions that provide water for hydroelectric generation equal to the most commonly occurring levels. Average hydro usually is a mean indicating the levels experienced most often in a 104-year period.
Industry:Energy