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Any intentional reduction of system voltage by 3 percent or greater for reasons of maintaining the continuity of service of the bulk electric power supply system.
Industry:Energy
Gross generation less the electric energy consumed at the generating station for station use.
Industry:Energy
An investment with a cost recovery schedule that was initially approved by regulatory action that subsequent regulatory action or market forces has rendered not practically recoverable. Costs that utilities are currently permitted to recover through their.
Industry:Energy
Oxygen-containing blend stocks favored for their octane and their clean burning quality. Oxygenates Include MTBE and ethanol.
Industry:Energy
Material rejected from a mill after most of the recoverable valuable minerals have been extracted. Confined in a tailings pond, the main function of which is to allow enough time for heavy metals to settle out or for cyanide to be destroyed before water is discharged into the receiving watershed.
Industry:Energy
A component of some nuclear reactor types which slows neutrons, thereby increasing their chances of fissioning fissile material.
Industry:Energy
Gas-gathering systems on oilfields typically are designed to stream off associated gas from the crude.
Industry:Energy
Extra generating capacity available to meet unanticipated demands for power or to generate power in the event of loss of generation.
Industry:Energy
US specified gasoline formulated with a higher oxygen content than pre-1990s gasolines. RFG is specified to contain 2. 7% oxygen, and is designed for year-round use in urban areas. So-called oxygenated gasoline is specified with a 2% oxygen content, and is intended for winter use. The abbreviation RFG is acceptable in headlines and on first reference in market reports.
Industry:Energy
