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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure. Coal is composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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Single-circuit line
Energy; Coal
A transmission line with one electric circuit. For three-phase supply, a single circuit requires at least three conductors, one per phase.
Underground gas storage reservoir capacity
Energy; Coal
Interstate company reservoir capacities are those certificated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Independent producer and intrastate company reservoir capacities are reported as developed ...
Open access (electric)
Energy; Coal
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 888 requires public utilities to provide non-discriminatory transmission service over their transmission facilities to third parties to move bulk power ...
On-system sales
Energy; Coal
Sales to customers where the delivery point is a point on, or directly interconnected with, a transportation, storage, and/or distribution system operated by the reporting company.
Unbundling
Energy; Coal
Separating vertically integrated monopoly functions into their component parts for the purpose of separate service offerings.
