- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Air removed deliberately from a space, by a fan or other means, usually to remove contaminants from a location near their source.
Industry:Energy
A pipe system that transports pulverized coal suspended in water.
Industry:Energy
A unit of work or energy equal to the amount of work done when the point of application of force of 1 newton is displaced 1 meter in the direction of the force. It takes 1,055 joules to equal a British thermal unit. It takes about 1 million joules to make a pot of coffee.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the radiation absorbed by a surface to the total energy falling on that surface described as a percentage.
Industry:Energy
Power capacity or energy that a utility is required by contract to supply outside of its own service area and not covered by general rate schedules.
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
The National Conference of State Legislatures. A national advisory council which provides services to state legislatures "by bringing together information from all states to forge workable answers to complex policy questions."
Industry:Energy
An uncharged particle found in the nucleus of every atom except that of hydrogen.
Industry:Energy
A unit of force. The amount of force it takes to accelerate one kilogram at one meter per second per second.
Industry:Energy
Energy which is not obtained from depletable energy sources. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302)
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