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NATURAL GAS <br />A dry, combustible mix of methane and hydrocazbons used in heating, lighting, and other <br />utility services. <br />PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) <br />Pertaining to the production of electricity from light. <br />RATE <br />The unit chazge or chazges made to customers for providing a utility service. <br />REGULATION <br />A rule or law established by the government that sets procedures that a utility must <br />follow. In electricity, regulation has been used to set rates, determine where and when <br />power facilities aze built, set which utility companies serve a given azea, and other <br />functions. <br />RELIABILITY <br />The provision of adequate and dependable generation, transmission, and distribution <br />service. Reliable means knowing that there will always be power (when you flip on the <br />switch)? <br />RENEWABLES <br />Renewables aze sustainable energy sources that cause relatively few environmental <br />impacts and pose a low risk to human health. Renewables are sources that constantly <br />renew themselves or that are regazded as practically inexhaustible. Renewables include, <br />but aze not limited to, technologies such as photovoltaic and wind power. <br />SOLAR ENERGY <br />Power produced by technology that collects heat and/or light radiated from the sun. Two <br />common forms of solaz energy are photovoltaic panels, which aze semiconductors that <br />directly generate electricity, and solaz thermal plants, which use the sun to create steam to <br />turn a turbine. <br />SUPPLY <br />The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given <br />price. <br />SUSTAINABLE <br />Sustainable means meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the <br />ability of future generations to meet their own needs a <br />Glossary of Terms <br />Page 3 <br />