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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
Number of terms: 9078
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
broad term that applies to any change after the original purchase, such as adding equipment not a part of the original purchase. As applied to alternative fuel vehicles, it refers to conversion devices or kits for conventional fuel vehicles.
Industry:Energy
A substance whose atoms can be split by slow neutrons. Uranium-235, plutonium-239 and uranium-233 are fissionable materials.
Industry:Energy
The process of treating air to simultaneously control its temperature, humidity, cleanliness, and distribution to meet the comfort requirements of the occupants of the conditioned space.
Industry:Energy
The cooling load caused by moisture in the air.
Industry:Energy
An entity responsible for planning, scheduling, accounting, billing, and settlement for energy deliveries from the aggregator's portfolio of sellers and/or buyers. Aggregators seek to bring together customers or generators so they can buy or sell power in bulk, making a profit on the transaction.
Industry:Energy
Unwanted natural gas that is disposed of by burning as it is released from an oil field.
Industry:Energy
The range of temperatures over which the majority of persons feel comfortable (neither too hot nor too cold).
Industry:Energy
The angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees of arc.
Industry:Energy
A material with a permeance of one perm or less which provides resistance to the transmission of water vapor. (See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302)
Industry:Energy
The process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space. Such air may or may not have been conditioned or treated.
Industry:Energy