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Glossary Of Energy Terms - P

A collection of energy related terms with their meanings, starting with the letter P. Click on any word to read its meaning.

Packaged air conditioning units

Packaged units

PAD Districts or PADD

PADD (PETROLEUM ADMINISTRATION FOR DEFENSE DISTRICTS)

Palm Oil

Parabolic dish

Parabolic trough

Paraffin (oil)

Paraffin (wax)

Paraffinic hydrocarbons

PARALLEL PATH FLOW

Parent

Parent company

PARTIAL LOAD

Partial requirements consumer

Particulate

PARTICULATE MATTER (PM)

Passenger-miles traveled

PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY

Passive solar heating

PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM

Payables to municipality

Payment method for utilities

PBR PERFORMANCE-BASED REGULATION

PCBs (POLYCHLORONATED BIPHENYLS)

Peak day withdrawal

Peak demand

Peak kilowatt

PEAK LOAD

Peak load month

PEAK LOAD OR PEAK DEMAND

Peak load plant

PEAK LOAD POWER PLANT

Peak megawatt

Peak watt

PEAKER

Peaking capacity

PEAKING UNIT

Peat

Pentanes plus

Percent difference

Percent utilization

Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)

Perfluoromethane

PERM

Permanently discharged fuel

Permeability

Persian Gulf

Person

Person-year

Personal computer

Petrochemical feedstocks

Petrochemicals

PETRODOLLARS

Petroleum

Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD)

Petroleum coke

Petroleum coke, catalyst

Petroleum coke, marketable

Petroleum consumption

Petroleum imports

Petroleum jelly

Petroleum products

Petroleum refinery

Petroleum stocks, primary

PG&E

PHOTOCELL

Photosynthesis

Photovoltaic and solar thermal energy (as used at electric utilities)

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

Photovoltaic cell (PVC)

Photovoltaic cell net shipments

Photovoltaic module

Pig iron

PIPELINE

Pipeline (natural gas)

Pipeline (petroleum)

Pipeline freight

Pipeline fuel

Pipeline purchases

Pipeline quality natural gas

Pipeline, distribution

Pipeline, gathering

Pipeline, transmission

Pipelines, rate regulated

Pitcheblende

Place in service

Planetary albedo

Planned generator

Plant

Plant condensate

Plant hours connected to load

Plant liquids

Plant or gas processing plant

Plant products

Plant use

Plant-use electricity

Plugged-back footage

Plutonium (Pu)

Pneumatic device

Pole-mile

Pole/Tower type

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)

Polysaccharide

Polystyrene

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

Pondage

Pool

Pool site

POOLCO

Population-weighted degree-days

Pore space

Portable electric heater

Portable fan

Portable kerosene heater

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Post-mining emissions

Potassium Hydroxide

Potential consumption

Potential peak reduction

Pounds (district heat)

Pour Point

Power

Power (electrical)

Power ascension

POWER AUTHORITIES

Power exchange

Power exchange generation

Power exchange load

Power factor

Power loss

Power marketers

POWER PLANT (Note: Two separate words - not one word.)

POWER POOL

Power production plant

Power transfer limit

Powerhouse

PP&E, additions to

PPM (PARTS PER MILLION)

Prediscovery costs

PREFERRED DAY-AHEAD SCHEDULE

PREFERRED HOUR-AHEAD SCHEDULE

PREFERRED SCHEDULE

Pregnant solution

Preliminary permit (hydroelectric power)

Premium gasoline

Preparation plant

Preproduction costs

PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR)

Pressurized-water reactor (PWR)

Preventive maintenance program for heating and/or cooling equipment

Price

Primary coal

Primary energy

Primary energy consumption

Primary energy consumption expenditures

PRIMARY FUEL

Primary fuels

Primary metropolitan statistical area (PMSA)

Primary recovery

Primary transportation

Prime mover

Prime supplier

Private fueling facility

Privately owned electric utility

Probable (indicated) reserves, coal

Probable energy reserves

Process cooling and refrigeration

Process fuel

Process heating or cooling demand-side management (DSM) program

Process heating or cooling waste heat recovery

Processed gas

Processing

Processing gain

Processing loss

Processing of uranium

Processing plant

Producer

Producer and distributor coal stocks

Producer contracted reserves

Producing property

Production

Production - natural gas liquids

Production capacity

Production costs

Production expenses

Production payments

Production plant liquids

Production, crude oil

Production, lease condensate

Production, natural gas

Production, natural gas, dry

Production, natural gas, wet after lease separation

Production, oil and gas

Production, wet after lease separation

Productive capacity

Products supplied

Profit

Program cost

PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER

PROPANE

Propane (C3H8)

Propane air

Propane, consumer grade

Proportional interest in investee reserves

Proposed rates

Propylene (C3H6)

Prospecting

Prospecting costs

Protein

Proved (measured) reserves, coal

Proved energy reserves

PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT

Proximate Analysis

Public authorities

Public authority service to public authorities

PUBLIC INTEREST GOALS

Public street and highway lighting

Public utility

Public utility district

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA)

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978

Publicly owned electric utility

PUHCA

Pulp chips

Pulp wood

Pulping liquor (black liquor)

PUMPED HYDROELECTRIC STORAGE

Pumped-storage hydroelectric plant

Purchase-contract imports of uranium

Purchased

Purchased power

Purchased power adjustment

Pure pumped-storage hydroelectric plant

PURPA

PVCs that convert sunlight directly into energy

PX GENERATION

PX LOAD

PX PARTICIPANT

Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis Oil

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