This quick reference offers a broad spectrum of nearly 4,000 industry terms and phrases. Terms used in generation, transmission, and distribution can be found here, along with common business and billing language and terms related to the major governmental and industry regulations. Environmental terms and phrases relevant to the electric power industry are also included. As a convenience, additional reference material is located in the back of this volume, including an assortment of conversion tables, a table of the chemical elements and their associated symbols and weights, and a contact list of prominent industry organizations.

Contents:

• More than 4,000 entries
• Definitions
• Altitude-pressure temperature density table of air
• Chemical elements
• Basic conversion factors
• US and International unit measurement parameters
• Metric-English systems conversion factors
• Common units
• Weights and measures
• Electric power industry contact list