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The transmission of electricity through power lines.

The unit price and quantity to which it applies as specified in a rate schedule or contract.

A statement of the electric rate(s), terms, and conditions for electricity sale or supply.

A type of heating system where heat, resulting when electric current flows through an "element" or conductor, such as Nichrome, which has a high resistance, is radiated to a room.

The physically connected generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and components operated as a unit.

All the conductors and electricity using devices that are connected to a source of electromotive force (or generator).

A measure of the amount of energy lost during the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

The total amount of electric energy loss in an electric system between the generation source and points of delivery.

A corporation, person, agency, authority or other legal entity that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity primarily for use by the public.

Those privately or publicly owned establishments that generate, transmit, distribute, or sell electricity.

A battery-powered electrically driven vehicle.

The process of producing electricity by transforming other forms or sources of energy into electrical energy; measured in kilowatt-hours.

A chemical change in a substance that results from the passage of an electric current through an electrolyte. The production of commercial hydrogen by separating the elements of water, hydrogen, and oxygen, by charging the water with an electrical current ...

Energy generated from an electromagnetic field produced by an electric current flowing through a superconducting wire kept at a specific low temperature.

The electrical and magnetic fields created by the presence or flow of electricity in an electrical conductor or electricity consuming appliance or motor.

The amount of energy derived from an electrical source per unit quantity of electricity passing through the source.2. Electrical potential; voltage.

An elementary particle of an atom with a negative electrical charge and a mass of 1/1837 of a proton; electrons surround the positively charged nucleus of an atom and determine the chemical properties of an atom.

The amount of kinetic energy gained by an electron when accelerated through an electric potential difference of 1 Volt; equivalent to 1.603 x 10

A device that uses electronic components to regulate the voltage of fluorescent lamps.

A device used to remove particulate matter from the waste gasses of a combustion power plant.