- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
An investigation, independent of a procurement action, performed on a product to determine whether or not the product conforms to all requirements of the applicable specification. NOTE: The examination is usually conducted by the agency responsible for the specification, the purchaser, or by a facility approved by the purchaser, at the request of the supplier seeking inclusion of his product on a qualified products list.
Industry:Energy
The fractional change in length (sometimes volume, specified) of a material for a unit change in temperature.
Industry:Energy
Recently available 12 consecutive months of actual experience. Not always the most recent 12 months. In a rate proceeding, 12 months of actual operations ending no more than 4 months before the date a rate change application is filed. In reference to the EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM, a representative base period must reflect a representative level of purchases by a pipeline's firm customers during a period preceding the onset of changed conditions which resulted in reduced purchases and growth of the take-or-pay problem. See EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM, DEFICIENCY PERIOD, PURCHASE DEFICIENCY METHODOLOGY and TEST PERIOD.
Industry:Energy
A measure of the overall efficiency of a water heater, based on its recovery efficiency, standby loss and energy input as set out in standardized Department of Energy test procedures.
Industry:Energy
Recurring costs related to day-to-day operations of a facility that are paid out of current revenue.
Industry:Energy
The full sequence of condensation and evaporation. The heat of evaporation is obtained from the material to be cooled.
Industry:Energy
A measure of thermal resistance of a material, equal to the reciprocal of the U-Value. The R-Value is expressed in terms of degrees Fahrenheit times hours, times square feet per Btu.
Industry:Energy
A specially designed plate mounted between a meter and an instrument to provide for a proper drive to the instrument.
Industry:Energy
The smallest complete particle of an element which can be obtained yet retain all physical and chemical properties of the element.
Industry:Energy
