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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Agreements between utilities providing for purchase, sale and trading of power. Usually relates to capacity (kilowatts) but sometimes energy (kilowatt-hours).
Industry:Energy
Created under the 1992 Energy Policy Act, these wholesale generators are exempt from certain financial and legal restrictions stipulated in the Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935.
Industry:Energy
Air flow outward through a wall, building envelope, etc.
Industry:Energy
Air removed deliberately from a space, by a fan or other means, usually to remove contaminants from a location near their source.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of the radiation absorbed by a surface to the total energy falling on that surface described as a percentage.
Industry:Energy
Power capacity or energy that a utility is required by contract to supply outside of its own service area and not covered by general rate schedules.
Industry:Energy
A charge paid by all market participants withdrawing energy from the ISO controlled grid. The access charge will recover the portion of a utility's transmission revenue requirement not recovered through the variable usage charge.
Industry:Energy
Voltage levels higher than those normally used on transmission lines. Generally EHV is considered to be 345,000 volts or higher.
Industry:Energy
Solar radiation used by special equipment to provide space heating, hot water or electricity.
Industry:Energy
A temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is 212 degrees and its freezing point is 32 degrees. To convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, subtract 32, multiply by 5, and divide the product by 9. For example: 100 degrees Fahrenheit - 32 = 68; 68 x 5 = 340; 340 / 9 = 37.77 degrees Celsius.
Industry:Energy