- Branche: 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.
The concept that the value of a utility service to a consumer cannot be greater than the cost of an equally satisfactory substitute service or the consumer will switch to the substitute.
Industry:Energy
The process of cutting out a portion of a weld in a pipeline for testing as to acceptability.
Industry:Energy
Two panes of glass, usually parallel, with an air space between, used to provide increased thermal and/or sound insulation.
Industry:Energy
A feature of federal and state regulatory curtailment plans which ranks end-uses of natural gas. In the event of shortage, low priorities, i.e., boiler load, defer to higher priorities, i.e., human needs.
Industry:Energy
A wall installed along a coastline or waterway to protect a pipeline from washout or soil erosion.
Industry:Energy
Costs associated with participation in a DSM program that are paid by the participating customer and not reimbursed by the utility.
Industry:Energy
Methane (CH4) the primary constituent of natural gas. Results from the partial decay of plants in swamps.
Industry:Energy
The air for combustion externally supplied to the flame at the point of combustion.
Industry:Energy
