Electricity

Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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California independent system operator (Cal-ISO)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The FERC-regulated control area operator of the California transmission grid. Its responsibilities include providing nondiscriminatory access to the grid, managing congestion, maintaining the ...

California power exchange (CalPX)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Now defunct, this independent California agency was responsible for conducting an auction for the generators seeking to sell energy and for loads that are not otherwise being served by bilateral ...

California public utilities commission (CPUC)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

Headquartered in San Francisco, the CPUC regulates telecommunications, electric, natural gas, water, railroad, rail transit and passenger transportation companies. The CPUC is chartered by the State ...

Calorie

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A calorie is the energy required to raise one gramme of water one degree Celsius at one atmosphere. The onset of second-degree burns may occur at 1.2 calories per centimetre squared per second. One ...

Candela (cd)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The standard unit for luminous intensity. One candela is equal to one lumen per steradian.

Candlepower distribution curve

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A curve, generally polar, representing the variation of luminous intensity of a lamp or luminaire in a plane through the light center.

Capacitance

Electrical equipment; Electricity

1) The ratio of an impressed charge on a conductor to the corresponding change in potential. 2)The ratio of the charge on either conductor of a capacitor to the potential difference between the ...