Explain how the use of gas smart meters differs from the use of electric smart meters.

What will be an ideal response?


Gas consumption rates cannot be easily altered by the customer. Utilities do not price gas higher during period of
peak load because the cost of supplying the gas does not substantially increase during those times. Consequently,
the savings that customers can achieve from reduced gas usage are also less than with electricity.

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The ____ test is used to ascertain the resistance to wear of hardened concrete samples.

A. freeze-thaw B. curring C. abrasion D. compressive strength

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During the Civil War

A. blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. B. Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. C. thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. D. about one out of every four Union troops was black. E. captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.

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A clothes dryer outlet must have ____ and an equipment grounding conductor.

A. 25-ampere dedicated circuit B. an accessible circuit breaker C. two adjacent receptacles D. an insulated grounded (neutral) conductor

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Find i? in the op amp circuit in Fig. 7.137. Assume that v(0) = -2 V, R = 10 k?, and C = 10 ?F.

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