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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
Electric energy or capacity that is wasted in the normal operation of a power system. Some kilowatt-hours are lost in the form of waste heat in electrical apparatus such as substation conductors. LINE LOSSES are kilowatts or kilowatt-hours lost in transmission and distribution lines under certain conditions.
Industry:Energy
Transferring heat by moving air, or transferring heat by means of upward motion of particles of liquid or gas heat from beneath.
Industry:Energy
a vehicle certified by the California Air Resources Board to have emissions from zero to 50,000 miles no higher than 0.075 grams/mile (g/mi) of non-methane organic gases, 3.4 g/mi of carbon monoxide, and 0.2 g/mi of nitrogen oxides. Emissions from 50,000 to 100,000 miles may be slightly higher (See chart in Chapter 2.)
Industry:Energy
Natural gas occurring in nature, as opposed to synthetic gas.
Industry:Energy
A special coating that reduces the emissivity of a window assembly, thereby reducing the heat transfer through the assembly.
Industry:Energy
device or kit by which a conventional fuel vehicle is changed to an alternative fuel vehicle.
Industry:Energy
Coal having one percent or less of sulfur by weight.
Industry:Energy
A number stating units of one system in corresponding values of another system.
Industry:Energy
Oil having one percent or less of sulfur by weight.
Industry:Energy
a vehicle originally designed to operate on gasoline that has been modified or altered to run on an alternative fuel.
Industry:Energy