energy cost — The expenditure on all the sources of energy required by an organization; these can include electricity, gas, solid fuels, oil, and steam … Accounting dictionary
Levelised energy cost — (LEC) is a cost of generating energy (usually electricity) for a particular system. It is an economic assessment of the cost the energy generating system including all the costs over its lifetime: initial investiment, operations and maintenance,… … Wikipedia
Energy monitoring and targeting — (M T) is an energy efficiency technique based on the standard management axiom stating that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure”. M T techniques provide Energy Managers with feedback on operating practices, results of energy management… … Wikipedia
Energy Alberta Corporation — was created in 2005 to provide nuclear power to the energy intensive development of the oil sands resources in northern Alberta. The company was founded by Hank Swartout, CEO of Precision Drilling Corporation, and Wayne Henuset, co owner of… … Wikipedia
Energy quality — the contrast between different forms of energy, the different trophic levels in ecological systems and the propensity of energy to convert from one form to another. The concept refers to our empirical experience of the characteristics, or qualia … Wikipedia
Cost of retained earnings — The residual of an entity s earnings over expenditures, including taxes and dividends, that are reinvested in its business. The cost of these funds is always lower than the cost of new equity capital, due to taxes and transactions costs.… … Energy terms
Energy Reserves — The portion of total energy resources that is known and can be recovered with presently available technology at an affordable cost. *** Estimated quantities of energy sources that are demonstrated to exist with reasonable certainty on the… … Energy terms
Cost of capital — The rate of return a utility must offer to obtain additional funds. The cost of capital varies with the leverage ratio, the effective income tax rate, conditions in the bond and stock markets, growth rate of the utility, its dividend strategy,… … Energy terms
Cost-based rates — (electric) A ratemaking concept used for the design and development of rate schedules to ensure that the filed rate schedules recover only the cost of providing the service. FERC definition U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information… … Energy terms
Cost-of-service regulation — A traditional electric utility regulation under which a utility is allowed to set rates based on the cost of providing service to customers and the right to earn a limited profit. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s… … Energy terms
Cost model for undiscovered resources — A computerized algorithm that uses the uranium endowment estimated for a given geological area and selected industry economic indexes to develop random variables that describe the undiscovered resources ultimately expected to be discovered in… … Energy terms
