- Industry: Energy
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That portion of the charge for electricity based upon the electrical energy (kWh) consumed or billed. Also known as the commodity charge.
Industry:Energy
The generation units normally used to meet demand around-the-clock.
Industry:Energy
Finalizing a transaction by making an equal and opposite trade to an open position.
Industry:Energy
All fissile material in any chemical form and the hardware required to produce fuel for a reactor.
Industry:Energy
Capacity of generating equipment normally reserved for operation during the hours of highest daily, weekly, or seasonal loads.
Industry:Energy
OBV is a momentum indicator relating volume to price change. If prices rise, volume is considered up-volume; if price, it is considered down-volume. Up-volume is added to the cumulative total, and down-volume is subtracted.
Industry:Energy
The quantity of oil unloaded from a vessel at its discharge point. Out-turn pricing allows the buyer to pay only for the oil measured into receiving tanks. The amount of oil loaded on the tanker becomes irrelevant.
Industry:Energy
The spontaneous nuclear transformation in which an atom emits particles or radiation following orbital electron capture, or when the nucleus undergoes spontaneous fission. When several such transformations occur in series, this is called a decay chain.
Industry:Energy
