All terms in this list:

Watt: The basic unit of measurement of power.

British thermal unit: The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1

Conservation: The prevention of excessive or wasteful use of a resource.

Demand: Amount of power required at a single point in time, measured in KW

Energy Efficiency: Using less energy to do the same job.

Fossil Fuel: A combustable material created beneath the Earth's surface over millions of years, from the remains of plants and animals. Examples include coal, natural gas, and oil

Hydrolic cycle: Earth's natural recycling system, also known as the water cycle

Hydropower: Electricity that is generated using the energy of flowing water

Kilowatt: Equal to 1,000 watts

Kilowatt-hour: A measurement of energy used over time. Equal to 1,000 watts of electricity used for one hour.

Kinetic Energy: Forms of energy that are doing work

Load shifting: The transfer of an electric load, or need, from on-peak time to off-peak time

Mercaptan: A class of sulfur-containing compounds having an offensive odor that smells like rotten eggs. This scent is added to natural gas so the leaks can be detected.

Nonrenewable resource: A natural resource that is not capable of being renewed, replaced, or takes a very long time to replace, such as fossil fuels.

On-peak: When there is a higher demand for electricity because many people are using it at the same time.

Phantom Load: Energy used by a device when it is in standby mode or in the off position

Photosynthesis: The process in a gree plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a by-product.

Potential Energy: Stored energy and the energy of position.

Renewable Resource: A natural resource that is capable of being renewed of is replaceable, such as energy from the sun or wind.

Therm: A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units

Turbine: A machine in which a wheel is spun by water or steam to generate electricity.

Voltage: The electric fore or measure of electric pressure