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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The electric load that corresponds to a maximum level of electric demand in a specified time period.
Industry:Energy
A power generating station that is normally used to produce extra electricity during peak load times.
Industry:Energy
A nickname for a power generating station that is normally used to produce extra electricity during peak load times.
Industry:Energy
A power generator used by a utility to produce extra electricity during peak load times.
Industry:Energy
A heterogeneous mixture of partly decomposed organic matter that has accumulated in a water saturated environment over a very long period of time. Peat geologically is considered a very young form of coal and has a heating value of 6,600 Btu/pound in situ. California has minor peat resources.
Industry:Energy
The measurement of water vapour through different materials measured in perm-inch (mass of water vapour moving through a unit area in unit time).
Industry:Energy
A device that produces an electric reaction to visible radiant energy (light).
Industry:Energy
A process by which green plants change carbon dioxide into oxygen and organic materials. The energy for this process comes from sunlight.
Industry:Energy
