- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The study of interrelationships of animals and plants to one another and to their environment.
Industry:Energy
is frequently incorrectly used interchangeably with "alternative fuel vehicle." Generally, refers to vehicles that use low-emission, clean-burning fuels. Public Resources Code Section 25326 defines clean fuels, for purposes of the section only, as fuels designated by ARB for use in LEVs, ULEVs or ZEVs and include, but are not limited to, electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, natural gas, and reformulated gasoline.
Industry:Energy
The agreement among interconnected utilities under which they buy, sell and exchange power among themselves. This can, for example, provide for economy energy and emergency power supplies.
Industry:Energy
A term that refers to the optimal production and consumption of goods and services. This generally occurs when prices of products and services reflect their marginal costs. Economic efficiency gains can be achieved through cost reduction, but it is better to think of the concept as actions that promote an increase in overall net value (which includes, but is not limited to, cost reductions).
Industry:Energy
A wall with windows that is between two different (roof) levels. The windows are used to provide natural light into a building.
Industry:Energy
The linkage of transmission lines between two utilities, enabling power to be moved in either direction. Interconnections allow the utilities to help contain costs while enhancing system reliability.
Industry:Energy
Economies of scale exist where the industry exhibits decreasing average long-run costs with size.
Industry:Energy
A geographical area is the state that has particular weather patterns. These zones are used to determine the type of building standards that are required by law.
Industry:Energy
any person whom the commission finds and acknowledges as having a real and direct interest in any proceeding or action carried on, under, or as a result of the operation of, this division.
Industry:Energy
A ducting arrangement and automatic control system that allows a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system to supply up to 100 percent outside air to satisfy cooling demands, even if additional mechanical cooling is required.
Industry:Energy
