- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
See CLAUSE, ADJUSTMENT and PURCHASED GAS ADJUSTMENT.
Industry:Energy
That part of the total cost of service which must be recovered through use of a demand rate; i.e., a rate for each Mcf of gas representing the customer's demand on the Company's system.
Industry:Energy
The maximum actual operating pressure existing in a piping system during a normal annual operating cycle or the maximum pressure for safe operation of a system.
Industry:Energy
The time required to pass one cubic foot of air or gas through a given orifice in a flow prover at stated base conditions. This time is stamped on the prover orifice in seconds.
Industry:Energy
A forced-air type central furnace designed with air flow through the furnace essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the bottom of the furnace.
Industry:Energy
A plate of noncorrosive material which can be fastened between flanges or in a special fitting perpendicular to the axis of flow and having a concentric circular hole. The primary use is for the measurement of gas flow.
Industry:Energy
A well which produces at surface conditions the contents of a gas reservoir; legal definitions vary among the states.
Industry:Energy
Curtailment of gas service is a method to balance a utility's natural gas requirements with its natural gas supply. Usually there is a hierarchy of customers for the curtailment plan. A customer may be required to partially cut back or totally eliminate his take of gas depending on the severity of the shortfall between gas supply and demand and the customer's position in the hierarchy.
Industry:Energy
Modification to allow an increase of air entering the furnace above the fire and reduction of air entering near the coal.
Industry:Energy
