Energy terminology · MLC-0117

Energy terms: C (271)

• C_4HA mixture of light hydrocarbons that have the general formula C_4H_n, where n is the number of hydrogen atoms...
• CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy
• CalcinationA process in which a material is heated to a high temperature without fusing, so that hydrates, carbonates...
• Calcium sulfateA white crystalline salt, insoluble in water. Used in Keene's cement, in pigments, as a paper filler, and as...
• Calcium sulfiteA white powder, soluble in diluted sulfuric acid. Used in the sulfite process for the manufacture of wood...
• Canadian deuterium uranium reactorUses heavy water or deuterium oxide (D_2O), rather than light water (H_2O), as the coolant and moderator...
• Cannel coalA compact, tough variety of coal, originating from organic spore residues, that is non-caking, contains a...
• Canola oilThe oil obtained by crushing the seeds of canola or rapeseed plants.
• Capable of being fueledA vehicle is capable of being fueled by a particular fuel(s) if that vehicle has the engine components in...
• Capacity chargeAn element in a two-part pricing method used in capacity transactions (energy charge is the other element)...
• Capacity factorThe ratio of the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time considered to the...
• Capacity (purchased)The amount of energy and capacity available for purchase from outside the system.
• Capacity transactionThe acquisition of a specified quantity of generating capacity from another utility for a specified period of...
• Capacity utilizationCapacity utilization is computed by dividing production by productive capacity and multiplying by 100.
• Capital costThe cost of field development and plant construction and the equipment required for industry operations.
• Capital stockProperty, plant and equipment used in the production, processing and distribution of energy resources.
• Captive coalCoal produced to satisfy the needs of the mine owner, or of a parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of the...
• Captive refinery MTBE plantsMTBE (methyltertiary butyl ether) production facilities primarily located within refineries. These integrated...
• Captive refinery oxygenate plantsOxygenate production facilities located within or adjacent to a refinery complex.
• CARBCalifornia Air Resources Board
• Carbon blackAn amorphous form of carbon, produced commercially by thermal or oxidative decomposition of hydrocarbons and...
• Carbon budgetThe balance of the exchanges (incomes and losses) of carbon between carbon sinks (e.g., atmosphere and...
• Carbon cycleAll carbon sinks and exchanges of carbon from one sink to another by various chemical, physical, geological...
• Carbon dioxide (CO_2)A colorless, odorless, non-poisonous gas that is a normal part of Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a...
• Carbon dioxide equivalentThe amount of carbon dioxide by weight emitted into the atmosphere that would produce the same estimated...
• Carbon intensityThe amount of carbon by weight emitted per unit of energy consumed. A common measure of carbon intensity is...
• Carbon output rateThe amount of carbon by weight per kilowatthour of electricity produced.
• Carbon sequestrationThe fixation of atmospheric carbon dioxide in a carbon sink through biological or physical processes.
• Carbon sinkA reservoir that absorbs or takes up released carbon from another part of the carbon cycle. The four sinks...
• Carbon stocksThe quantity of carbon stored in biological and physical systems including: trees, products of harvested...
• CarburetorA fuel delivery device for producing a proper mixture of gasoline vapor and air and for delivering it to the...
• Carrying costsCosts incurred in order to retain exploration and property rights after acquisition but before production has...
• Cash and carryKerosene, fuel oil, or bottled gas (tank or propane) purchased with cash, by check, or by credit card and...
• Casinghead gas (or oil well gas)Natural gas produced along with crude oil from oil wells. It contains either dissolved or associated gas or...
• Cast siliconCrystalline silicon obtained by pouring pure molten silicon into a vertical mold and adjusting the...
• Catalytic converterA device containing a catalyst for converting automobile exhaust into mostly harmless products.
• Catalytic crackingThe refining process of breaking down the larger, heavier, and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into...
• Catalytic hydrocrackingA refining process that uses hydrogen and catalysts with relatively low temperatures and high pressures for...
• Catalytic hydrotreatingA refining process for treating petroleum fractions from atmospheric or vacuum distillation units (e.g...
• Catalytic reformingA refining process using controlled heat and pressure with catalysts to rearrange certain hydrocarbon...
• CBOBconventional gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending
• CellsRefers to the un-encapsulated semi-conductor components of the module that convert the solar energy to...
• Cells to OEMCells shipped to non-photovoltaic original equipment manufacturers such as boat manufacturers, car...
• Cellulosic fuel ethanolFuel ethanol produced from the cellulose, hemicellulose, or lignin components of biomass, as classified by...
• Census divisionAny of nine geographic areas of the United States as defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of...
• Census RegionAny of four geographic areas of the United States as defined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of...
• Census Region/divisionAn hierarchical organization of the United States according to geographic areas and sub-areas as follows:
• Central chillerAny centrally located air conditioning system that produces chilled water in order to cool air. The chilled...
• Central coolingCooling of an entire building with a refrigeration unit to condition the air. Typically central chillers and...
• Central physical plantA plant owned by, and on the grounds of, a multibuilding facility that provides district heating, district...
• Central warm air furnaceA type of space heating equipment where a central combustor or resistance unit generally using gas, fuel oil...
• Centralized water heating systemEquipment, to heat and store water for other than space heating purposes, which provides hot water from a...
• CERCLAComprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
• CertificateA type of permit for public convenience and necessity issued by a utility commission, which authorizes a...
• Certificate requirementThe maximum annual volume allowed for sales to resale or direct sale customers under certificate...
• CesspoolAn underground reservoir for liquid waste, typically household sewage.
• CFCubic Foot
• CFSCubic Feet per Second
• C/galCents per gallon
• CH_4Methane
• Chained dollarsA measure used to express real prices. Real prices are those that have been adjusted to remove the effect of...
• CharacterizationSampling, monitoring, and analysis activities to determine the extent and nature of contamination at a...
• Charge capacityThe input (feed) capacity of the refinery processing facilities.
• Chemical separationA process for extracting uranium and plutonium from dissolved spent nuclear fuel and irradiated targets. The...
• ChlorofluorocarbonAny of various compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and flourine used as refrigerants. CFCs...
• CHPCombined Heat and Power
• Christmas treeThe valves and fittings installed at the top of a gas or oil well to control and direct the flow of well...
• CIF (cargo, insurance and freight)CIF refers to cargos for which the seller pays for the transportation and insurance up to the port of...
• CIF (cost, insurance, freight)This term refers to a type of sale in which the buyer of the product agrees to pay a unit price that includes...
• CircuitA conductor or a system of conductors through which electric current flows.
• Circuit-mileThe total length in miles of separate circuits regardless of the number of conductors used per circuit.
• CitygateA point or measuring station at which a distributing gas utility receives gas from a natural gas pipeline...
• CIVcustoms import value
• Class rate scheduleAn electric rate schedule applicable to one or more specified classes of service, groups of businesses, or...
• Classes of serviceCustomers grouped by similar characteristics in order to be identified for the purpose of setting a common...
• Clean Development MechanismA Kyoto Protocol program that enables industrialized countries to finance emissions-avoiding projects in...
• Climate changeA term used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but especially to significant change from one...
• ClinkerPowdered cement, produced by heating a properly proportioned mixture of finely ground raw materials...
• Cloud condensation nucleiAerosol particles that provide a platform for the condensation of water vapor, resulting in clouds with...
• CMSAconsolidated metropolitan statistical area
• CNGCompressed Natural Gas
• cntCent
• COCarbon Monoxide
• CO control period ("seasons")The portion of the year in which a CO nonattainment area is prone to high ambient levels of carbon monoxide...
• CO nonattainment areaAreas with carbon monoxide design values of 9.5 parts per million or more, generally based on data for 1988...
• CO_2Carbon Dioxide
• CoalA readily combustible black or brownish-black rock whose composition, including inherent moisture, consists...
• Coal analysisDetermines the composition and properties of coal so it can be ranked and used most effectively.
• Coal bedA bed or stratum of coal. Also called a coal seam.
• Coal bed degasificationThis refers to the removal of methane or coal bed gas from a coal mine before or during mining.
• Coal BlendingThe process of combining two or more coals with different characteristics to obtain coal with a certain...
• Coal briquetsAnthracite, bituminous, and lignite briquets comprise the secondary solid fuels manufactured from coal by a...
• Coal carbonizedThe amount of coal decomposed into solid coke and gaseous products by heating in a coke oven in a limited air...
• Coal chemicalsCoal chemicals are obtained from the gases and vapor recovered from the manufacturing of coke. Generally...
• Coal ClassificationIn the United States, coals are classified by rank progressively from lignite (least carbonaceous) to...
• Coal consumptionThe quantity of coal burned for the generation of electric power (in short tons), including fuel used for...
• Coal deliveredCoal which has been delivered from the coal supplier to any site belonging to the electric power company.
• Coal exportsAmount of U.S. coal shipped to foreign destinations, as reported in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau...
• Coal faceThis is the exposed area from which coal is extracted.
• Coal financial reporting regionsA geographic classification of areas with coal resources which is used for financial reporting of coal...
• Coal finesCoal with a maximum particle size usually less than one-sixteenth inch and rarely above one-eighth inch.
• Coal gasSubstitute natural gas produced synthetically by the chemical reduction of coal at a coal gasification...
• Coal gasificationThe process of converting coal into gas. The basic process involves crushing coal to a powder, which is then...
• Coal gradeThis classification refers to coal quality and use.
• Coal importsAmount of foreign coal shipped to the United States, as reported in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau...
• Coal liquefactionA chemical process that converts coal into clean-burning liquid hydrocarbons, such as synthetic crude oil and...
• Coal mineAn industrial operation for extracting coal from the ground. Mines include earth-moving and excavating...
• Coal mining productivityCoal mining productivity is calculated by dividing total coal production by the total direct labor hours...
• Coal preparationThe process of sizing and cleaning coal to meet market specifications by removing impurities such as rock...
• Coal Preparation Processes (Cleaning/Beneficiation/Processing)In its broadest sense, preparation is any processing of mined coal to prepare it for market, including...
• Coal producing districtsA classification of coal fields defined in the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937. The districts were originally...
• Coal productionThe sum of sales, mine consumption, issues to miners, and issues to coke, briquetting, and other ancillary...
• Coal rankThe classification of coals according to their degree of progressive alteration from lignite to anthracite...
• Coal samplingThe collection and proper storage and handling of a relatively small quantity of coal for laboratory...
• Coal stocksCoal quantities that are held in storage for future use and disposition. Note: When coal data are collected...
• Coal sulfurCoal sulfur occurs in three forms: organic, sulfate, and pyritic. Organic sulfur is an integral part of the...
• Coal synfuelCoal-based solid fuel that has been processed by a coal synfuel plant; and coal-based fuels such as...
• Coal typeThe classification is based on physical characteristics or microscopic constituents. Examples of coal types...
• Coal WashingThe treatment of coal to remove waste material such as: Dense (heavy) medium processes use a thick solution...
• Coal zoneA series of laterally extensive and (or) lenticular coal beds and associated strata that arbitrarily can be...
• Coalbed Methane Well GasMethane produced from coal seams. Coalbed methane is formed during coalification, which is the geologic...
• Coal-producing regionsA geographic classification of areas where coal is produced.
• Coal-Producing StatesThe States where mined and/or purchased coal originates are defined as follows: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona...
• Code of federal regulationsA compilation of the general and permanent rules of the executive departments and agencies of the Federal...
• CofiringThe process of burning natural gas in conjunction with another fuel to reduce air pollutants.
• CogenerationThe production of electrical energy and another form of useful energy (such as heat or steam) through the...
• Cogeneration systemA system using a common energy source to produce both electricity and steam for other uses, resulting in...
• CogeneratorA generating facility that produces electricity and another form of useful thermal energy (such as heat or...
• Coincidental demandThe sum of two or more demands that occur in the same time interval.
• Coincidental peak loadThe sum of two or more peak loads that occur in the same time interval.
• Coke BatteryA series of coke ovens stacked in rows into which coal is loaded and processed into coke.
• Coke breezeThe term refers to the fine sizes of coke, usually less than one-half inch, that are recovered from coke...
• Coke buttonA button-shaped piece of coke resulting from standard laboratory tests that indicates the coking or...
• Coke (coal)A solid carbonaceous residue derived from low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal from which the volatile...
• Coke OvenA chamber of brick or other heat-resistant material in which coal is heated to separate the coal gas, coal...
• Coke oven gasThe mixture of permanent gases produced by the carbonization of coal in a coke oven at temperatures in excess...
• Coke (petroleum)A residue high in carbon content and low in hydrogen that is the final product of thermal decomposition in...
• Coke plantsPlants where coal is carbonized for the manufacture of coke in slot or beehive ovens.
• CokingThermal refining processes used to produce fuel gas, gasoline blendstocks, distillates, and petroleum coke...
• Coking coalBituminous coal suitable for making coke. See coke (coal).
• Cold-deck imputationA statistical procedure that replaces a missing value of an item with a constant value from an external...
• Combined cycleAn electric generating technology in which electricity is produced from otherwise lost waste heat exiting...
• Combined cycle unitAn electric generating unit that consists of one or more combustion turbines and one or more boilers with a...
• Combined household energy expendituresThe total amount of funds spent for energy consumed in, or delivered to, a housing unit during a given period...
• Combined hydroelectric plantA hydroelectric plant that uses both pumped water and natural streamflow for the production of power.
• Combined pumped-storage plantA pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant that uses both pumped water and natural stream flow to produce...
• Combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plantA plant designed to produce both heat and electricity from a single heat source. Note: This term is being...
• CombustionChemical oxidation accompanied by the generation of light and heat.
• Combustion chamberAn enclosed vessel in which chemical oxidation of fuel occurs.
• Commercial buildingA building with more than 50% of its floor space used for commercial activities. Commercial buildings include...
• Commercial facilityAn economic unit that is owned or operated by one person or organization and that occupies two or more...
• Commercial operation (nuclear)The phase of reactor operation that begins when power ascension ends and the operating utility formally...
• Commercial sectorAn energy-consuming sector that consists of service-providing facilities and equipment of businesses...
• ComminglingThe mixing of one utility's generated supply of electric energy with another utility's generated supply...
• Commissioned agentAn agent who wholesales or retails a refined petroleum product under a commission arrangement. The agent does...
• Common equity (book value)The retained earnings and common stock earnings plus the balances in common equity reserves and all other...
• Compact fluorescent bulbsThese are also known as "screw-in fluorescent replacements for incandescent" or "screw-ins." Compact...
• Company automotive (retail) outletAny retail outlet selling motor fuel under the brand name of a company reporting in the EIA Financial...
• Company-lessee automotive outletOne of three types of company automotive (retail) outlets. This type of outlet is operated by an independent...
• Company-open automotive outletOne of three types of company automotive (retail) outlets. This type of outlet is operated by an independent...
• Company-operated automotive outletOne of three types of company automotive (retail) outlets. This type of outlet is operated by salaried or...
• Company-operated retail outletAny retail outlet (i.e., service station) which sells motor vehicle fuels and is under the direct control of...
• Competitive transition chargeA non-bypassable charge levied on each customer of the distribution utility, including those who are served...
• Completion date (oil/gas production)The date on which the installation of permanent equipment has been completed as reported to the appropriate...
• Completion (oil/gas production)The term refers to the installation of permanent equipment for the production of oil or gas. If a well is...
• Compliance coalA coal or a blend of coals that meets sulfur dioxide emission standards for air quality without the need for...
• Compressed natural gasNatural gas compressed to a pressure at or above 200-248 bar (i.e., 2900-3600 pounds per square inch) and...
• Compressor stationAny combination of facilities that supply the energy to move gas in transmission or distribution lines or...
• Concentrating solar power or solar thermal power systemA solar energy conversion system characterized by the optical concentration of solar rays through an...
• ConcentratorA reflective or refractive device that focuses incident insolation onto an area smaller than the reflective...
• ConcessionThe operating right to explore for and develop petroleum fields in consideration for a share of production in...
• Concessionary purchasesThe quantity of crude oil exported during a reporting period, which was acquired from the producing...
• Condensate (lease condensate)Light liquid hydrocarbons recovered from lease separators or field facilities at associated and...
• Condenser cooling waterA source of water external to a boiler's feed system is passed through the steam leaving the turbine in order...
• Conditionally effective ratesAn electric rate schedule that has been put into effect by the FERC subject to refund pending final...
• ConductorMetal wires, cables, and bus-bar used for carrying electric current. Conductors may be solid or stranded...
• Conference of the partiesThe collection of nations that have ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change(FCCC). The primary...
• Configuration mapsGeographic information containing transmission line, substation, and terminal information. Its hows the...
• CongestionA condition that occurs when insufficient transfer capacity is available to implement all of the preferred...
• Connected loadThe sum of the continuous ratings or the capacities for a system, part of a system, or a customer's electric...
• ConnectionThe physical connection (e.g., transmission lines, transformers, switch gear, etc.) between two electric...
• ConservationA reduction in energy consumption that corresponds with a reduction in service demand. Service demand can...
• Conservation featureA feature in the building designed to reduce the usage of energy.
• Conservation programA program in which a utility company furnishes home weatherization services free or at reduced cost or...
• Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical AreaAn area that meets the requirements of a metropolitan statistical area, has a population of one million or...
• ConstructionAn energy-consuming subsector of the industrial sector that consists of all facilities and equipment used to...
• Construction costs (of the electric power industry)All direct and indirect costs incurred in acquiring and constructing electric utility plant and equipment and...
• Construction expenditures (of the electric power industry)The gross expenditures for construction costs (including the cost of replacing worn out plants), and electric...
• Construction pipeline (of a nuclear reactor)The various stages involved in the acquisition of a nuclear reactor by a utility. The events that define...
• Construction work in progressThe balance shown on a utility's balance sheet for construction work not yet completed butin process. This...
• Constructive surplus or deficitThe amounts representing the exchange of services, supplies, etc., between the utility department and the...
• Consumer chargeAn amount charged periodically to a consumer for such utility costs as billing and meter reading, without...
• Consumer (energy)Any individually metered dwelling, building, establishment, or location using natural gas, synthetic natural...
• Consumer Price IndexThese prices are collected in 85 urban areas selected to represent all urban consumers about 80 percent of...
• Consumption per square footThe aggregate ratio of total consumption for a particular set of buildings to the total floorspace of those...
• Continuous delivery energy sourcesThose energy sources provided continuously to a building.
• Continuous miningA form of room pillar mining in which a continuous mining machine extracts and removes coal from the working...
• Contract priceThe delivery price determined when a contract is signed. It can be a fixed price or a base price escalated...
• Contract receiptsPurchases based on a negotiated agreement that generally covers a period of 1 or more years.
• Contracted gasAny gas for which Interstate Pipeline has a contract to purchase from any domestic or foreign source that...
• Contribution to net incomeThe FRS (Financial Reporting System survey) segment equivalent to net income. However, some consolidated...
• ControlIncluding the terms "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common control with," means the possession...
• Control totalThe number of elements in the population or a subset of the population. The sample weights for the observed...
• Conventional blendstock for oxygenate blendingMotor gasoline blending components intended for blending with oxygenates to produce finished conventional...
• Conventional fuel ethanolFuel ethanol produced by fermenting cornstarch. Fuel ethanol is typically blended with motor gasoline as an...
• Conventional gasolineFinished motor gasoline not included in the oxygenated or reformulated gasoline categories. Note: This...
• Conventional hydroelectric plantA plant in which all of the power is produced from natural streamflow as regulated by available storage.
• Conventional mill (uranium)A facility engineered and built principally for processing of uraniferous ore materials mined from the earth...
• Conventional miningThe oldest form of room pillar mining, which consists of a series of operations that involve cutting the coal...
• Conventional oil and natural gas productionCrude oil and natural gas that is produced by a well drilled into a geologic formation in which the reservoir...
• Conversion companyAn organization that performs vehicle conversions on a commercial basis.
• Conversion factorA factor for converting data between one unit of measurement and another (such as between short tons and...
• Converted (alternative-fuel) vehicleA vehicle originally designed to operate on gasoline/diesel that was modified or altered to run on an...
• CoolingConditioning of room air for human comfort by a refrigeration unit (such as an air conditioner or heat pump)...
• Cooling Degree DaysA measure of how warm a location is over a period of time relative to a base temperature, most commonly...
• Cooling pondA natural or manmade body of water that is used for dissipating waste heat from power plants.
• Cooling systemAn equipment system that provides water to the condensers and includes water intakes and outlets; cooling...
• Cooperative electric utilityAn electric utility legally established to be owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its...
• Coordination serviceThe sale, exchange, or transmission of electricity between two or more electric utilities that typically have...
• Coordination service pricingThe typical price components of a bulk power coordination sale are an energy charge, a capacity, or...
• Cord of woodA cord of wood measures 4 feet by 4feet by 8 feet, or 128 cubic feet.
• CornThe corn kernels of Zea mays used to produce biofuels.
• Corn oilDistillers’ corn oil recovered from distillers’ grains with solubles at dry mill plants that produce biofuel...
• Correlation (statistical term)In its most general sense, correlation denotes the interdependence between quantitative or qualitative data...
• Cost, insurance, freightA type of sale in which the buyer of the product agrees to pay a unit price that includes the f.o.b. value of...
• Cost model for undiscovered resourcesA computerized algorithm that uses the uranium endowment estimated for a given geological area and selected...
• Cost of capitalThe rate of return a utility must offer to obtain additional funds. The cost of capital varies with the...
• Cost of debtThe interest rate paid on new increments of debt capital multiplied by 1 minus the tax rate.
• Cost of preferred stockThe preferred stock dividends divided by the net price of the preferred stock.
• Cost of retained earningsThe residual of an entity's earnings over expenditures, including taxes and dividends, that are reinvested in...
• Cost of serviceA ratemaking concept used for the design and development of rate schedules to ensure that the filed rate...
• Cost-based rates (electric)A ratemaking concept used for the design and development of rate schedules to ensure that the filed rate...
• Cost-of-service regulationA traditional electric utility regulation under which a utility is allowed to set rates based on the cost of...
• Costs (imports of natural gas)All expenses incurred by an importer up to the U.S. point of delivery for the reported quantity {of natural...
• CPIConsumer Price Index
• Criteria pollutantA pollutant determined to behazardous to human health and regulated under EPA's National Ambient Air Quality...
• Crop residueOrganic residue remaining after the harvesting and processing of a crop.
• Crude oilA mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at...
• Crude oil acquisitions (unfinished oil acquisitions)The volume of crude oil either:
• Crude oil f.o.b. priceThe crude oil price actually charged at the oil producing country's port of loading. Includes deductions for...
• Crude oil inputThe total crude oil put into processing units at refineries.
• Crude oil landed costThe price of crude oil at the port of discharge, including charges associated with purchasing, transporting...
• Crude oil less lease condensateA mixture of hydrocarbons that exists in liquid phase in natural underground reservoirs and remains liquid at...
• Crude oil lossesRepresents the volume of crude oil reported by petroleum refineries as being lost in their operations. These...
• Crude oil productionThe volume of crude oil produced from oil reservoirs during given periods of time. The amount of such...
• Crude oil qualitiesRefers to two properties of crude oil, the sulfur content, and API gravity, which affect processing...
• Crude oil refinery inputThe total crude oil put into processing units at refineries.
• Crude oil, refinery receiptsReceipts of domestic and foreign crude oil at a refinery. Includes all crude oil in transit except crude oil...
• Crude oil stocksStocks of crude oil and lease condensate held at refineries, in pipelines, at pipeline terminals, and on...
• Crude oil streamCrude oil produced in a particular field or a collection of crude oils with similar qualities from fields in...
• Crude oil used directlyCrude oil consumed as fuel by crude oil pipelines and on crude oil leases.
• Crystalline fully refined waxA light colored paraffin wax having the following characteristics:
• Crystalline other waxA paraffin wax having the following characteristics:
• Cubic foot (cf), natural gasThe amount of natural gas contained at standard temperature and pressure (60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.73...
• Cull woodWood logs, chips, or wood products that are burned.
• CulmWaste from Pennsylvania anthracite preparation plants, consisting of coarse rock fragments containing as much...
• CultivarA horticulturally or agriculturally derived variety of a plant.
• Cumulative depletionThe sum in tons of coal extracted and lost in mining as of a stated date for a specified area or a specified...
• Current assetsCash and other assets that are expected to be turned into cash, sold, or exchanged within the normal...
• Current (electric)A flow of electrons in an electrical conductor. The strength or rate of movement of the electricity is...
• Current liabilitiesA debt or other obligation that must be discharged within one year or the normal operating cycle of the...
• Current ratioThe ratio of current assets divided by current liabilities that shows the ability of a utility to pay its...
• Customer choiceThe right of customers to purchase energy from a supplier other than their traditional supplier or from more...
• Customs district (coal)Customs districts, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, " Monthly Report EM...
• Customs import valueThe price for a one-time open market transaction for near-term delivery of a specific quantity of product at...
• Cut-off grade (uranium)The lowest grade, in percent U3O8, of uranium ore at a minimum specified thickness that can be mined at a...
• CWIPConstruction Work In Progress
• CycleThe time period running from the startup of one reactor cycle to the startup of the following cycle.
• Cycle/reactor historyA group of assemblies that have been irradiated in the same cycles in an individual reactor and are said to...
• Cycling (natural gas)The practice of producing natural gas for the extraction of natural gas liquids, returning the dry residue to...
• Cycling plantIn the context of the natural gas industry, a natural gas processing plant specifically performing natural...

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