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A blackout is a total power outage on a portion of the electric grid. In some cases the term is used synonymously with “power outage.”
A blowdown is the purposeful venting of natural gas to the atmosphere during well operations and/or during pipeline operations or maintenance to …
A branch circuit is an electrical circuit within a customer facility that goes from a breaker in the main service panel to serve a specific amou …
A British thermal unit, or Btu, is a common measurement of the energy and is often used to express the amount of energy contained in a quantity …
A brownout is a situation where a utility delivers power to a customer at a voltage that is lower than what is considered acceptable under norma …
The bulk electric system (BES) comprises multiple generators and storage facilities that connect into the high-voltage transmission system as we …
The burner tip is the point in the natural gas delivery system where the gas is consumed. Often it is generically used to indicate once the gas …
A busbar, commonly called a bus, is a metallic bar or tube that is used to conduct electricity in generator switchyards, substations, and in hig …
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is a regional transmission organization that manages the flow of electricity across the high- …
A calorimeter is a device used for measuring the amount of heat involved in a chemical reaction or other process.
Capacitors are installed at various points on distribution systems and in certain customer facilities to help increase power factor, which is th …
Capacity refers to the maximum amount of power available from an electric resource or the maximum capability of an electric device to transmit p …
In the natural gas industry, capacity measures the capability of a well, processing plant, pipeline, storage facility, or LNG facility to provid …
Capacity factor is a quantity that describes how fully the capacity of a given power plant is utilized.
Capital expenditures refer to money spent to buy or build assets with a life longer than one year.
Cathodic protection is used to avoid corrosion in buried metal pipes by making the pipe the cathodic side of an electrochemical cell. It is comm …
Centralized generation, also sometimes called utility-scale generation, describes electric power plants that connect to the transmission grid (a …
Centrifugal compressors use centrifugal force to compress gas by feeding it into a wheel, or impeller, with radial vanes that accelerate the gas …
A chromatograph is a device that separates and identifies chemical compounds by passing a gas through columns containing beads that selectively …
A circuit is an intentional close-looped path through which electrons move to provide energy.