Administrative and general expenses are a sub-category of expenses incurred in the normal day-to-day operations of a business. Utility...

Automated meter reading or AMR (also sometimes called automatic meter reading) combines the electronic capabilities of newer solid-state...

Pipe is used to move natural gas from one location to another and can also be used as a form of storage. Pipe size and type vary...

AGC is a generator control system that adjusts the real power output of generators in response to control signals from the system...

(aka Non-utility generator) Independent power producers, commonly called IPPs, are independent owners of generation that are not part of...

Allowance for funds used during construction, commonly called AFUDC, is a regulatory method of compensating a utility for the financing...

Locational marginal pricing, commonly called LMP, is a means of pricing electricity in organized wholesale markets facilitated by...

A British thermal unit, or Btu, is a common measurement of energy and is often used to express the amount of energy contained in a...

Amortization is the process of reducing or paying off a financial obligation with regular payments. An example is making equal monthly...

An aquifer is an underground body of rock, sand, or gravel that holds groundwater. In some areas natural aquifers have been converted to...

An advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is an integrated system of smart meters, communications networks, and data management systems...

A biofuel is a renewable energy source made from organic matter or waste. Because biofuels can be carbon neutral, or even carbon...

Some oil wells also produce natural gas along with the oil. The produced gas is called associated-dissolved gas, or more simply,...

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...

An independent system operator, or ISO, is an independent organization that handles electric grid operations, market facilitation for...

Lease condensate (commonly called condensate or condy and sometimes called natural gasoline) is an oil-like hydrocarbon that is separated...

A fuse is a device that provides protection to electrical circuits by melting a fusible link when current exceeding its rating flows...

Combined heat and power, or CHP, is the concurrent production of useful thermal energy (heating and/or cooling) and electricity or...