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Capital structure, also referred to as a company’s debt-to-equity ratio, describes the amount of debt compared to the amount of equity a...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide from industrial facilities or power plants,...
Carbon negative refers to an entity or a process that has a net effect of removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. To achieve...
A carbon offset is a tradeable instrument that represents a specific amount of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or an increase in...
A certificate case is a regulatory proceeding to evaluate a utility’s application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity...
A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is a permit granted to a utility that authorizes it to: a) provide service to a new...
A CAV is a vehicle that emits significantly fewer pollutants than traditional gasoline- or diesel- powered vehicles. While there is no...
A clean energy standard, or CES, is a regulatory requirement obligating utilities, generation authorities, or load-serving entities to...
Climate change is defined as a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns. A majority of the world’s scientific community and...
A commodity is a product that is mass produced and unspecialized, and as such it is easily interchangeable with a similar product from...
Consumers or other parties who believe that a utility or other regulated energy company has failed to follow the law or applicable...
Under complete retail competition, the utility has been completely removed from the supply function and is simply a transporter of...
Compressed natural gas or CNG is natural gas that has been compressed to a pressure of 3,000 to 3,600 pounds per square inch (psi) so...
Construction work in progress, commonly called CWIP, is a balance sheet account in which all costs associated with the construction of...
When it began gas restructuring in 1988, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) divided gas utility customers into two...
The first step in the utility ratemaking process is a determination of the utility’s authorized rate of return, also known as its cost of...
A curtailment is an event where energy services are temporarily unavailable. The term most commonly refers to an end-use customer’s gas...
A customer charge (also called a service charge or facility charge) is a fixed monthly charge that is applied to each utility account....
Traditionally, end users of gas or electricity have been categorized according to the rate class they were placed in by their local...
Investor-owned utilities and other publicly traded companies typically finance their capital needs with a combination of debt and equity....
