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A utility commission carries out its regulatory functions through rulemaking and adjudication. Under rulemaking, the utility commission may propose a general rule of regulation change. By law, it must issue a notice of the proposed rule and a request for comments is also made; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission publishes this in the Federal Register. The final decision must be published. A utility commission may also work on a case-by-case basis from submissions from regulated companies or others. Objections to a proposal may come from the commission or intervenors, in which case the proposal must be presented to a hearing presided over by an administrative law judge. The judge's decision may be adopted, modified, or reversed by the utility commissioners, in which case those involved can petition for a rehearing and may appeal a decision through the courts system to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Industry:Energy
The rate at which water passes a given point in a stream, usually expressed in cubic feet per second.
Industry:Energy
Chemical feedstocks derived from petroleum principally for the manufacture of chemicals, synthetic rubber, and a variety of plastics.
Industry:Energy
A part of some air-conditioning systems. Electric coils in air ducts used primarily to raise the temperature of circulated air after it was over-cooled to remove moisture. Some buildings have reheating coils as their sole heating source.
Industry:Energy
An open cut in which the over burden is removed from a coal bed prior to the removal of coal.
Industry:Energy
An appliance that uses an electric resistance coil to maintain the temperature of the water in a water bed at a comfortable level.
Industry:Energy
Organic and in organic compounds and mixtures that include but are not limited to organic chemicals, cyclic intermediates, plastics and resins, synthetic fibers,elastomers, organic dyes, organic pigments, detergents, surface active agents, carbon black, and ammonia.
Industry:Energy
An indirect measure of the rate at which petroleum liquids evaporate. Its the absolute vapour pressure of a crude oil, or of single or mixed liquid petroleum products, as measured by the Reid Method (ASTM Method D 323).
Industry:Energy
A method used on flatter rain to recover coal by mining long strips successively; the material excavated from the strip being mined is deposited in the strip previously mined.
Industry:Energy
The status of the water supply and associated water in pondage and reservoirs at hydroelectric plants.
Industry:Energy
