An unregulated subsidiary of an electric utility that is allowed to generate and sell wholesale power as an independent energy producer, and is exempt from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

A utility owned by stockholders or other investors; sometimes referred to as a private utility, in contrast to a public utility that is owned by a government agency or cooperative.

A particle of light that acts as an individual unit of energy.

Directly or indirectly taking the opposite side of a customer's order into the handling broker's own.

The length of time an individual retains an investment.

See: 'calendar.

A unit of luminance or brightness equal to 1/d candles per foot'.

Is a pipe extending downward from the bottom of the airline to collect any condensation flow in the pipe.

Solar Two is a retrofit of the Solar One project (see above). It is demonstrating the technical feasibility and power potential of a solar power tower using advanced molten-salt technology to store energy. Solar Two retains several of the main components ...

A plastic payment card which allows the owner to obtain goods and services without the.

A cooling device that uses mechanical energy to produce chilled water.

When reciprocating compressors run, the moving parts such as pistons, rods, crossheads, connecting rods are repeatedly accelerated and retarded. These velocity changes set up pulsating inertia forces. The forces are of the first and second order. The firs ...

A measure of the moisture content of air; may be expressed as absolute, mixing ratio, saturation deficit, relative, or specific.

Standardized codes used to classify businesses by type of activity they engage in.

A device for separating solids or suspended particles in the air before they enter the air intake of the compressor and reduce intake noise as on reciprocating compressors through a silencing chamber in the filter housing.

Too heavy aloft.

A figure marked on the side of merchant vessels to indicate allowed loading depths. Named after Samuel Plimsoll, English Member of Parliament and maritime reformer.

An instrument which automatically records the measurement of two or more meteorological elements.

A certificate authenticated by a recognized port authority, certifying that a ship comes from a place where there is no contagious disease, and that none of her crew was infected with such a disease.

A sailing vessel dead in the water due to lack of wind (not moving).