- 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.
Stops or valves readily accessible and operable by the consumer, located in the piping system (to shut off individual equipment) or between the meter and gas main to shut off the entire piping system. Compare SERVICE STOP.
Industry:Energy
The incremental increase in demand that occurs when customers, by undertaking conservation actions, perceive a lower relative cost of energy, and therefore, purchase more in terms of comfort or
Industry:Energy
The temperature at which a vapor begins to condense and deposit as a liquid.
Industry:Energy
A device for allowing the passage of condensate or air and condensate and preventing the passage of steam.
Industry:Energy
A method of determining an allowance for depreciation to be included as an element of cost in a cost of service study. The method looks to the service life of the total plant investment for determining depreciation rates, rather than the individual plant components. Under a composite method, an item of plant is not considered fully depreciated until that item is retired from service.
Industry:Energy
A system using separate control of air and gas, both of which are under pressure. the valves controlling the air and gas flows may or may not be interlocked.
Industry:Energy
Any permanent combination of facilities which supplies the energy to move gas at increased pressure from fields, in transmission lines, or into storage.
Industry:Energy
In DSM, an incentive in the form of assistance offered by utilities, such as energy audits and maintenance of equipment such as furnace tune-up programs.
Industry:Energy
Section 4(a) of the NGA of 1938 specifies that all rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas ... shall be "just and reasonable." The term "just and reasonable" has been interpreted to apply to rates which are assessed without undue bias or discrimination that allow the natural gas companies to recover all prudently incurred costs applicable to rate payers, including a return on capital (i.e., the cost of capital) sufficient to maintain and support its credit and enable it to raise the money necessary for the proper discharge of its public duties.
Industry:Energy
Storage facilities, or a portion of storage facilities, which are leased to others for the purposes of storing gas. The portion of storage facilities which has been made available to others may not be used by the pipeline for system supply. See SYSTEM STORAGE.
Industry:Energy
