- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The maximum load for which a machine, apparatus, device, plant, or system is designed or constructed, not limited by existing service conditions.
Industry:Energy
A substance consisting of molecules characterized by the repetition (neglecting ends, branch junctions and other minor irregularities) of one or more types of monomeric units. Polymers may be formed by polymerization (addition polymer) or polycondensation (condensation polymer). When two or more monomers are involved, the product is called a copolymer.
Industry:Energy
Return of investment through inclusion in cost of service (and rates) of a pro rata part of the cost of property, calculated to spread the total investment cost over a certain period of time or number of units that measure the useful life of the investment. Depreciation (in the Code of Federal Regulations) is to reimburse the company for "...the loss in service value not restored by current maintenance, incurred in connection with the consumption or prospective retirement of gas plant in the course of service from causes which are known to be in current operation and against which the utility is not protected by insurance. Among the causes to be given consideration are wear and tear, decay, action of the elements, inadequacy, obsolescence, changes in the art, changes in demand and requirements of public authorities, and, in the case of a natural gas company, the exhaustion of natural resources."
Industry:Energy
The sum of the capitalization, long-term debt due within one year, and short-term debt outstanding at the end of each month, for a period of time (usually 12 months), divided by the number of such months. The computation may also be made for individual classes of capital, i.e., long-term debt, short-term debt, preferred stock, and common stock equity.
Industry:Energy
A device which responds to a measured variable by means of a sensing element and converts it to a standardized transmission signal which is a function only of the measurement.
Industry:Energy
The heat required to raise a unit mass of a substance through a degree of temperature difference. Also, the ratio of the thermal capacity of a substance to that of water at 60 degrees F (15.6 degrees C). Interchangeable with "heat capacity" in common usage.
Industry:Energy
