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National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS): The federal Environmental Protection Agency has established numerical standards limiting the concentrations of air pollutants in the free atmosphere to which the public has access. Fossil fueled steam electric generating stations are a significant source of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and respirable particulates for which NAAQS exist. The electric utility industry spends a significant amount of capital resources to minimize its emissions of air pollutants regulated by the NAAQS.
Natural Gas Act (NGA): Federal legislation enacted in 1938, which establishes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) authority to regulate interstate pipelines.
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA): Federal legislation which updates the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and provides for deregulation of new gas and continued regulation of old supplies.
natural gas reserves: The estimates of gas volumes in natural underground geological formations.
net capacity: The maximum capacity or effective rating, modified for ambient limitations, that a generating unit, power plant, or electric system can sustain over a specified period, less the capacity used to supply the demand of station service or auxiliary needs.
net capacity resource: The total owned capacity, plus capacity available from independent power producers, plus the net of total capacity purchases and sales, less the sum of inoperable capacity, and less planned outages.
net dependable capacity: The maximum capacity a unit can sustain over a specified period, modified for seasonal limitations and reduced by the capacity required for station service or auxiliaries.
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