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

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

In natural gas wholesale trading markets, bid week is the last five business days immediately preceding the first of each month. Although...

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...

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

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

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

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

Use of generation is often divided into three categories — baseload, which is generation run all 24 hours of the day; intermediate, which...

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

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...

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

Capacity release (also called capacity brokering) is the act of reselling firm pipeline rights to a new entity. The market where capacity...

When engineers design a steel gas line, they designate a required pipe minimum yield strength, often called the specified minimum yield...

The natural gas delivery system transports gas from gas wells to customers who use natural gas in their homes and businesses. Along the...

The heat rate of a power plant is a quantity that reflects the amount of fuel required to generate one unit of electrical energy. The...

Investor-owned utilities, or IOUs, are for-profit corporations owned by either public or private shareholders. Most are publicly owned...

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