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Combined heat and power

Combined heat and power, or CHP, is the concurrent

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

Complete retail competition electric market model

Under complete retail competition the utility has

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

Concentrated solar power (CSP)

Concentrated solar power or CSP technology concent

Conductor

From a scientific standpoint, a conductor is any m

Congestion management

Transmission congestion occurs when there is insuf

Construction work in progress (CWIP)

Construction work in progress, commonly called CWI

Contingency

A contingency is an unexpected failure or outage o

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