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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Electricity supplied under agreements that allow the supplier to curtail or stop service at times.
Industry:Energy
Agreements between utilities providing for purchase, sale and trading of power. Usually relates to capacity (kilowatts) but sometimes energy (kilowatt-hours).
Industry:Energy
Changing coal into synthetic gas or liquid fuels. See GASIFICATION.
Industry:Energy
A transmission line that links two or more regional electric power systems.
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
Oil that can be obtained by distilling bituminous coal.
Industry:Energy
A private company that provides a utility, such as water, natural gas or electricity, to a specific service area. The investor-owned utility is regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. In California the investor owned utilities supplying energy are: Canadian Pacific National Corporation; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Pacific Power and Light Company; San Diego Gas & Electric; Sierra Pacific Power Company; Southern California Edison Company; Southern California Gas Company (The Gas Company); Southwest Gas Corporation.
Industry:Energy
Air flow outward through a wall, building envelope, etc.
Industry:Energy
A mass of coal, occurring naturally at a particular location, that can be commercially mined.
Industry:Energy
An atom or group of atoms that is electrically charged.
Industry:Energy