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A royalty paid by a lessee as compensation for a lessor's loss of income because the lessee has deferred production from a property that is known to be capable of producing minerals. Shut in may be caused by a lack of a ready market, by a lack of transportation facilities, or by other reasons. A shut-in royalty may or may not be recoverable out of future production.
Industry:Energy
A customer that purchases electricity for its own use and not for resale.
Industry:Energy
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Industry:Energy
The volume of recoverable salable gas reserves committed to or controlled by the reporting pipeline company as the buyer in gas purchase contracts with the independent producer as seller, including warranty contracts, and which are used for acts and services for which the company has received certificate authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Industry:Energy
Ratio of the cooling output divided by the power consumption. It is the Btu of cooling output during its normal annual usage divided by the total electric energy input in watt hours during the same period. This is a measure of the cooling performance for rating central air conditioners and central heat pumps. The appliance standards required a minimum SEER of 10 for split-system central air conditioners and for split-system central heat pumps in 1992. (The average heat pump or central air conditioner sold in 1986 had an SEER of about 9.)
Industry:Energy
The sum of crude oil and natural gas liquids reserves volumes.
Industry:Energy
A reservoir discovered prior to the report year.
Industry:Energy
The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of1978, passed by the U.S. Congress. This statute requires States to implement utility conservation programs and create special markets for co-generators and small producers who meet certain standards, including the requirement that States set the prices and quantities of power the utilities must buy from such facilities.
Industry:Energy
Month and year of shutdown for fuel discharge and refueling. The date should be the point at which the reactor became subcritical.
Industry:Energy
Diesel fuel containing a maximum 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur.
Industry:Energy