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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
The total amount of solar radiation (direct, diffuse, and reflected) striking a surface exposed to the sky.
Industry:Energy
Two panes of glass or other transparent material, separated by a space.
Industry:Energy
The energy generated when a chemical compound combusts, decomposes, or transforms to produce new compounds.
Industry:Energy
A material having a relatively high resistance of heat flow and used principally to retard heat flow. See R-VALUE.
Industry:Energy
A passageway made of sheet metal or other suitable material used for conveying air or other gas at relatively low pressures.
Industry:Energy
A device that cools water, usually to between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit for eventual use in cooling air.
Industry:Energy
The underlying principles of IRP can be distinguished from the formal process of developing an approved utility resource plan for utility investments in supply- and demand-side resources. A primary principle is to provide a framework for comparing a variety of supply- and demand-side and transmission resource costs and attributes outside of the basic provision (or reduction) of electric capacity and energy. These resources may be owned or constructed by any entity and may be acquired through contracts as well as through direct investments. Another principle is the incorporation of risk and uncertainty into the planning analysis. The public participation aspects of IRP allow public and regulatory involvement in the planning rather than the siting stage of project development.
Industry:Energy
Excess hydropower that cannot be stored or conserved. Also know as SPILL ENERGY.
Industry:Energy
One complete run of a set of electric conductors from a power source to various electrical devices (appliances, lights, etc.) and back to the same power source.
Industry:Energy
A public planning process and framework within which the costs and benefits of both demand- and supply-side resources are evaluated to develop the least-total-cost mix of utility resource options. In many states, IRP includes a means for considering environmental damages caused by electricity supply/transmission and identifying cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy alternatives. IRP has become a formal process prescribed by law in some states and under some provisions of the Clean Air Act amendments of 1992.
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