- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
- Number of blossaries: 1
- Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Equipment or device that extracts or drives out vapors from liquid solutions or gases. Also, equipment that is part of refrigerating systems to permit liquid refrigerants to evaporate in the process of absorbing heat.
Industry:Energy
The process of cutting out a portion of a weld in a pipeline for testing as to acceptability.
Industry:Energy
A geological term applied to an underground rock stratum; in the gas industry, usually the one from which gas or oil is produced.
Industry:Energy
Equity refers to the considerations of fairness or justice in the setting of rates - fairness between investors and consumers when the general level of rates is at issue, and the fairness among different classes of consumers when the rate relationships are under inquiry. Fair treatment in the setting of rates does not necessarily mean equal rates since, for example, the unit costs of serving different customer classes may be different. Also, that part of a business enterprise owned by the stockholders. Usually represented in the financial
Industry:Energy
Tying the commodity price in a contract to other published prices, such as spot prices for gas or alternate fuels, or general indexes like the Consumer Price Index or Producer Price Index.
Industry:Energy
Erosion of earnings on invested capital resulting from the regulatory practice of setting utility rates based on past costs during an inflationary period.
Industry:Energy
Type III polyethylene with a density of 0.941 to 0.965 g/cubic centimeters.
Industry:Energy
An accumulation of partially decayed vegetable matter. It is geologically less mature than lignite or coal and has a lower density since it has not been subjected to elevated temperatures and pressures. Btu content per unit volume is substantially less than for coal.
Industry:Energy
Examination of plant and equipment on a schedule basis and the replacement or repair of parts that are worn by prescribed amounts or that are in such condition that further use will involve the risk of their failure while in service. It is designed to prevent operating breakdown.
Industry:Energy
