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A pipeline or local distribution company that has received exemptions from regulations pursuant to the Natural Gas Act. These companies transport interstate natural gas not subject to regulations under NGA.
Industry:Energy
Measurement of electricity ornatural gas consumption of several tenants or housing units using a single meter. That is, one metre measures the energy usage for several households collectively.
Industry:Energy
Constraints placed upon mining by societal policies to protect surface features or entities that could be affected by mining. Because laws and regulations may be modified or repealed, the restrictions, including industrial and environmental restrictions, are subject to change.
Industry:Energy
A company that confines its activities to owning stock in and supervising management of other companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission, as administrator of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, defines a holding company as "a company which directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of aholding company" (15 USC 79b, par. a (7)).
Industry:Energy
The maximum deliverabilityrate (Mcf/d) estimated at the present developed maximum operating capacity.
Industry:Energy
Gas that is generated by decomposition of organic material at landfill disposal sites. The average composition of landfill gas is approximately 50 percent methane and 50 percent carbon dioxide and water vapour by volume. The methane percentage, however, can vary from 40 to 60 percent, depending on several factors including waste composition (e.g. carbohydrate and cellulose content). The methane in landfill gas may be vented, flared, combusted to generate electricity or useful thermal energy on-site, or injected into a pipeline for combustion off-site.
Industry:Energy
A structure built to contain large volumes of liquid waste to ensure that it meets environmental requirements prior to release.
Industry:Energy
The greatest of all demands of the load that has occurred within a specified period of time.
Industry:Energy
A unit or measure of solar radiation; 1 calorie per square centimetre or 3.69 Btu per square foot.
Industry:Energy
The most common type of wind turbine where the axis of rotation is oriented horizontally. Also see Wind turbine.
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