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American Gas Association
Settore: Energy
Number of terms: 18218
Number of blossaries: 1
Company Profile:
The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
Failure to deliver gas under a contract or agreement.
Industry:Energy
Overlapping and sloping slats arranged to prevent entrance or exit of some substances but allow ventilation air to pass.
Industry:Energy
See PRESSURE, ATMOSPHERIC.
Industry:Energy
The conversion of an end-use from one fuel source to another.
Industry:Energy
The producing formation.
Industry:Energy
Used in association with the EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM. A period during which the current take-or-pay liabilities of the pipeline were incurred. A customer's cumulative deficiency in purchases during this period, in comparison to a BASE PERIOD, is compared to the system's total cumulative deficiencies to determine that customer's proportionate share of fixed take-or-pay charges. See BASE PERIOD, EQUITABLE SHARING MECHANISM and PURCHASE DEFICIENCY METHODOLOGY.
Industry:Energy
A calculated or artificial reserve, rather than actual, used as a guide in analyzing the actual reserve condition. It is not an exact measurement for determining the condition of the actual reserve.
Industry:Energy
A group of balance sheet accounts which includes Non-Utility Property, Accumulated Provision for Depreciation and Amortization of Non-Utility Property, Investment in Associated Companies, Other Investments, and the Special Funds Accounts.
Industry:Energy
A provision which decreases a shipper's right to capacity if the shipper does not use it at a certain level. The purpose of such a provision is to encourage accurate capacity nominations and full pipeline utilization. Because firm shippers pay a reservation charge for capacity, whether or not they fully utilize that capacity, the Commission has found that no use-or-lose provision may apply to firm transportation.
Industry:Energy
An agency of convection. In heat transfer, a surface designed to transfer its heat to a surrounding fluid largely or wholly by convection. The heated fluid may be moved mechanically or by gravity (gravity convector). Such a surface may or may not be enclosed or concealed.
Industry:Energy