- Industrie: Energy
 
- Number of terms: 18218
 
- Number of blossaries: 1
 
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                                                        The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.                             
                                                     
                        The concept that the value of a utility service to a consumer cannot be greater than the cost of an equally satisfactory substitute service or the consumer will switch to the substitute.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									The process of cutting out a portion of a weld in a pipeline for testing as to acceptability.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									Two panes of glass, usually parallel, with an air space between, used to provide increased thermal and/or sound insulation.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									A feature of federal and state regulatory curtailment plans which ranks end-uses of natural gas. In the event of shortage, low priorities, i.e., boiler load, defer to higher priorities, i.e., human needs.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									A wall installed along a coastline or waterway to protect a pipeline from washout or soil erosion.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									Costs associated with participation in a DSM program that are paid by the participating customer and not reimbursed by the utility.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									Methane (CH4) the primary constituent of natural gas. Results from the partial decay of plants in swamps.    
    
    						Industry:Energy    
									The air for combustion externally supplied to the flame at the point of combustion.    
    
    						Industry:Energy