- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
First-in, first-out method of inventory valuation by which the earliest-acquired natural gas in storage is assumed to be sold first and the most recently acquired is assumed to be still on hand.
Industry:Energy
Payments made by pipelines to producers to extinguish (buy-out) outstanding take-or-pay liabilities under existing contracts, or to reform (buy-down) the contracts.
Industry:Energy
The cost of plant (less net salvage) recovered over the life of the plant through a reduction of income. This expense reflects the "using up" of plant (due to wear and tear, obsolescence, etc.) in the generation of income.
Industry:Energy
The quantity of gas that occupies one cubic foot under pressure and temperature conditions in the meter.
Industry:Energy
Utility-stimulated programs directed at reducing end-use consumption in specific (usually peak) periods.
Industry:Energy
A central furnace designed with air flow through the furnace essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the top of the furnace.
Industry:Energy
A heat exchange used to return liquid natural gas to a gaseous form and then continue to heat the gas to a temperature at which it can be sent into the distribution system.
Industry:Energy
A rate schedule restricted in its availability to a particular geographic area.
Industry:Energy
An air delivery device or louver so arranged as to promote mixing of the air introduced by it into a room with the room air, without causing objectionable drafts or noise.
Industry:Energy
