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Industry: Energy
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The charge calculated to recover all or a portion of the fixed costs of a utility, including generation facility and transmission lines, meters, and some taxes.
Industry:Energy
The partial reduction of electrical voltages caused by customer demand being higher than anticipated or by the failure of the generation, transmission, or distribution system.
Industry:Energy
High in paraffins.
Industry:Energy
The substitution of less expensive energy generation for more expensive generation. Usually this means reducing or shutting down production at a high cost plant and using cheaper generation when it is available.
Industry:Energy
A compound with the same chemical composition and molecular weight as another compound, but with a different molecular structure. For example: orthoxylene and paraxylene.
Industry:Energy
An element with atomic number 94 formed as a by-product of nuclear fission in reactors. Plutonium has several isotopes, the most common of which is plutonium-239.
Industry:Energy
A bearish reversal pattern characterized by two highs at roughly equal value.
Industry:Energy
Elemento con numero atomico 94 generato come sottoprodotto della fissione nucleare nei reattori. Il plutonio ha diversi isotopi il più comune dei quali è il plutonio-239.
Industry:Energy
The interest in a mining property held by the vendor on the net revenues generated by the sale of the metal produced by the mine.
Industry:Energy
Unit of measurement for viscosity, similar to seconds.
Industry:Energy