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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
See RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Industry:Energy
The rate at which energy is delivered to loads and scheduling points by generation, transmission or distribution facilities.
Industry:Energy
The surrounding atmosphere; encompassing on all sides; the environment surrounding a body but undisturbed or unaffected by it.
Industry:Energy
The number of cycles which an alternating current moves through in each second. Standard electric utility frequency in the United States is 60 cycles per second, or 60 Hertz.
Industry:Energy
The elimination of regulation from a previously regulated industry or sector of an industry.
Industry:Energy
Applicant means any person who submits an application for certification pursuant to the provisions of this division, including, but not limited to, any person who explores for or develops geothermal resources.
Industry:Energy
Gaseous fuel (usually natural gas) that is burned to produce heat energy. The word also is used, colloquially, to refer to gasoline.
Industry:Energy
A specialized security or contract that has no intrinsic overall value, but whose value is based on an underlying security or factor as an index. A generic term that, in the energy field, may include options, futures, forwards, etc.
Industry:Energy
A method producing synthetic gas from coal. Also called the FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS.
Industry:Energy
Fuel for diesel engines obtained from the distillation of petroleum. It is composed chiefly of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Its volatility is similar to that of gas oil. Its efficiency is measured by cetane number.
Industry:Energy