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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A unit of volume. A U.S. gallon has 231 cubic inches or 3.785 liters.
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
Application means any request for certification of any site and related facility filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to this division. An applicant for a geothermal power-plant and related facilities may propose more than one site and related geothermal facilities in the same application.
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
The total amount of electricity being used at a given point in time by all consumers in a utility's service territory.
Industry:Energy
any person engaged in, or authorized to engage in, distributing or transporting natural gas, including, but not limited to, any such person who is subject to the regulation of the Public Utilities Commission.
Industry:Energy