All terms in this list:

Watt: The basic unit of measurement of power

British thermal unit: The Amount of heat required to raise the tempter of 1 pound of water 1 degrees.

watt: The basic unit of measurement power.

conservation: The presentation of excessive or wasteful use of a resource..

Demand: Amount of power required at a single point.

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

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

Hydrologic 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 energy used in 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 sent is added to gas so leaks can be detected.

Non renewable 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 high demand for electricity because many people are using it at the same time.

Phantom load: Energy used by a device when it is in the off position.

Photosynthesis: The process in green 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 renewable or is replaceable such as energy from the sun and wind.

Therm: A unit of equal to 100,000 british thermal units.

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

Voltage: The electric force or measure of electric pressure.