- Industry: Energy
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The mechanism which displays the volume of gas that has passed through the meter. Indexes consist of two general types: The circular dial type employs a pointer which sweeps through a circle marked with numerals indicating volume registered. The direct reading (digital or counter type) type employs a display marked with numerals indicating volume registered.
Industry:Energy
The unit used by a utility to measure participation in its DSM programs; usually customers or households in the case of residential programs.
Industry:Energy
A device designed to regulate the gas, air, water, and/or electrical supply to a gas-consuming or any other device.
Industry:Energy
In DSM, an estimate of energy savings based on the assumption that all energy-efficient options will be adopted to the extent that they are cost-effective and possible through utility DSM programs. Compare ECONOMIC POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and TECHNICAL POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
Searching and mapping of the subsurface structure of the earth's crust by use of geophysical methods, to locate probable reservoir structures capable of containing gas or oil.
Industry:Energy
The temperature at which a specimen will deflect a given distance at a given load under prescribed conditions of test. See ASTM D 648. Formerly called heat distortion.
Industry:Energy
The act of moving gas from a receipt point to a delivery point pursuant to a contract between the shipper and the transporter. To the extent the shipper has paid for guaranteed, high-priority capacity in the pipeline, that shipper is entitled to firm service. Less expensive, lower-priority transportation
Industry:Energy
The use of a single prime fuel source in a reciprocating engine or gas turbine to generate electrical and thermal energy in order to optimize the efficiency of the fuel used. The dominant demand for energy can be either electrical or thermal. Usually it is the latter with excess electrical energy, if any, being transmitted into the local power supply company's lines (with a reciprocal situation existing when electrical demands exceed the cogeneration plant's output). A parallel exists with total energy plants, which are typically designed for the electrical demands rather than thermal. Under the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), regulated utilities are required to purchase electricity furnished by cogenerators and small power producers at rates set by regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over the utility receiving the electricity based on "full avoided cost."
Industry:Energy
A device designed to shut off gas flow upon flame failure, pilot outage, control impulse, overpressure, or underpressure without manual attention.
Industry:Energy
In DSM, an estimate of energy savings based on the assumption that all existing equipment or measures will be replaced with the most efficient equipment or measure that is technically feasible, without regard to cost or market acceptance. Compare ACHIEVABLE POTENTIAL, MARKET POTENTIAL and ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
Industry:Energy
