- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Overlapping and sloping slats arranged to prevent entrance or exit of some substances but allow ventilation air to pass.
Industry:Energy
Used in association with the EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM. A period during which the current take-or-pay liabilities of the pipeline were incurred. A customer's cumulative deficiency in purchases during this period, in comparison to a BASE PERIOD, is compared to the system's total cumulative deficiencies to determine that customer's proportionate share of fixed take-or-pay charges. See BASE PERIOD, EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM and PURCHASE DEFICIENCY METHODOLOGY.
Industry:Energy
A calculated or artificial reserve, rather than actual, used as a guide in analyzing the actual reserve condition. It is not an exact measurement for determining the condition of the actual reserve.
Industry:Energy
A group of balance sheet accounts which includes Non-Utility Property, Accumulated Provision for Depreciation and Amortization of Non-Utility Property, Investment in Associated Companies, Other Investments, and the Special Funds Accounts.
Industry:Energy
A provision which decreases a shipper's right to capacity if the shipper does not use it at a certain level. The purpose of such a provision is to encourage accurate capacity nominations and full pipeline utilization. Because firm shippers pay a reservation charge for capacity, whether or not they fully utilize that capacity, the Commission has found that no use-or-lose provision may apply to firm transportation.
Industry:Energy
An agency of convection. In heat transfer, a surface designed to transfer its heat to a surrounding fluid largely or wholly by convection. The heated fluid may be moved mechanically or by gravity (gravity convector). Such a surface may or may not be enclosed or concealed.
Industry:Energy
