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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A liquid formed by catalytically combining carbon monoxide (CO) with hydrogen (H2) in a 1:2 ratio, under high temperature and pressure. Commercially it is typically made by steam reforming natural gas. Also formed in the destructive distillation of wood.
Industry:Energy
A clean- burning oxygenate with high octane and low volatility added to unleaded gasoline to reduce carbon monoxide emissions.
Industry:Energy
Vehicles that are powered by compressed or liquefied natural gas.
Industry:Energy
A Notice of Proposed Rule-making. A designation used by the FERC for some of its dockets.
Industry:Energy
Oxides of nitrogen that are a chief component of air pollution that can be produced by the burning of fossil fuels. Also called nitrogen oxides.
Industry:Energy
Northwest Regional Transmission Association. A subregional transmission group within the Western Regional Transmission Association.
Industry:Energy
An independent federal agency that ensures that strict standards of public health and safety, environmental quality and national security are adhered to by individuals and organisations possessing and using radioactive materials. The NRC is the agency that is mandated with licencing and regulating nuclear power plants in the United States. It was formally established in 1975 after its predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, was abolished.
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A non-utility generator. A generation facility owned and operated by an entity who is not defined as a utility in that jurisdictional area.
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Acronym for organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries founded in 1968 for cooperation in economic and petroleum affairs. See OPEC.
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Acronym for organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries founded in 1960 for unify and coordinate petroleum polices of the members. Headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
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