- Branża: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The ability of all conductors of electricity to resist the flow of current, turning some of it into heat. Resistance depends on the cross section of the conductor (the smaller the cross section, the greater the resistance) and its temperature (the hotter the cross section, the greater its resistance).
Industry:Energy
The use of smaller amounts of physical resources to produce the same product or service. Resource efficiency involves a concern for the use of all physical resource sand materials used in the production and use cycle, not just the energy input.
Industry:Energy
The reconfiguration of the vertically-integrated electric utility. Restructuring usually refers to separation of the various utility functions into individually-operated and -owned entities.
Industry:Energy
A system under which more than one electric provider can sell to retail customers, and retail customers are allowed to buy from more than one provider. (See also direct access)
Industry:Energy
A market in which electricity and other energy services are sold directly to the end-use customer.
Industry:Energy
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. (Same as after-market)
Industry:Energy
Rules set in advance to delineate acceptable activities by participants,particularly participants with significant market power.
Industry:Energy
