Natural Gas

CME Group

CME Group is an American global markets company. I

Coincident peak demand

Coincident peak demand is the demand of a customer

Combined-cycle gas turbine

A highly efficient way to use gas to generate elec

Commercial customer class

Gas and electric utility rate structures and regul

Commodity

A commodity is a product that is mass produced and

Complaint case

Consumers or other affected parties can file a com

Compressed natural gas (CNG)

CNG is natural gas that has been compressed to a p

Compressor

A compressor is a machine that is used to increase

Compressor station

Compressors and related equipment on a transmissio

Construction work in progress (CWIP)

Construction work in progress, commonly called CWI

Conventional gas supply

Conventional natural gas is produced from a well d

Core customers

Customers considered to be core customers are thos

Corrosion

Corrosion is the natural process in which material

Cost of capital proceeding

The first step in the utility ratemaking process i

Cost-of-service ratemaking

Cost-of-service ratemaking sets rates based on for

Cubic foot

A cubic foot, or cf, is the most common unit of me

Curtailment

A curtailment is an event where energy services ar

Customer charge

A customer charge (also called a service charge or

Customer class

End users of gas or electricity traditionally have

Debt

Investor-owned utilities and other publicly traded