- Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
An arrangement whereby the same company owns all the different aspects of making, selling, and delivering a product or service. In the electric industry, it refers to the historically common arrangement whereby a utility would own its own generating plants,transmission system, and distribution lines to provide all aspects of electric service.
Industry:Energy
The ratio of visible light transmitted through a substance to the total visible light incident on its surface.
Industry:Energy
A unit of electromotive force. It is the amount of force required to drive a steady current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm. Electrical systems of most homes and office have 120 volts.
Industry:Energy
The electric pressure of a circuit, measured in volts. Usually a nominal rating, based on the maximum normal effective difference of potential between any two conductors of the circuit.
Industry:Energy
The molten rock and elements that lie below the earth's crust. The heat energy can approach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and is generated directly from a shallow molten magma resource and stored in adjacent rock structures. To extract energy from magma resources requires drilling near or directly into a magma chamber and circulating water down the well in a convection- type system. California has two areas that may be magma resource sites: the Mono- Long Valley Caldera and Coso Hot Springs Known Geothermal Resource Areas.
Industry:Energy
A type of charge for using the transmission and/or distribution system that is based on the volume of electricity that is transmitted.
Industry:Energy
A means of producing electricity directly by moving liquids or gases through a magnetic field.
Industry:Energy
A seller's guarantee to purchaser that product is what it is represented to be and, if it is not, that it will be repaired or replaced. Within the context of vehicles, refers to an engine manufacturer's guarantee that the engine will meet "certified" engine standards at 50,000 miles or the engine will be replaced. Retrofits may generally void an engine warranty.
Industry:Energy
Any person who sells natural gas or oil in amounts determined by the commission as having a major effect on energy supplies.
Industry:Energy
An appliance for supplying hot water for purposes other than space heating or pool heating. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1602(f)(8))
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