meter
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The systems sit near the electric meter and are about the size of an air-conditioning compressor unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The DWP then came in to disconnect the system on the customer side of the meter, spokesperson Riana Basuel wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Scientists wanted to determine whether confining water to spaces just billionths of a meter across changes how readily this splitting occurs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Data compiled by the Swiss-based company from public and private sources showed that hourly PM2.5 in Washington peaked at 11 pm on July Fourth, last year at 133 micrograms per cubic meter.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Notice, however, that in other places in the music, the melody establishes the meter very strongly, so that the syncopations are easily heard to be syncopations.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
It said no "metered data" was held from the EV chargers to confirm total costs to the public purse.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Golden Valley has about 50,000 metered connections and serves an area the size of Connecticut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Data centres' share of Irish metered electricity consumption reached 22 percent by 2024, compared to an EU-wide average of 2-3 percent, according to official data.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
CenterPoint on Tuesday said it will sell Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio to National Fuel, which includes nearly 6,000 miles of transmission and distribution pipeline in the state that serves about 335,000 metered customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
It would be nice to say that I smiled and spoke of pleasant things in carefully metered rhyming couplets, like Prince Gallant from some faerie story.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Meanwhile, approvals for the required metering and grid connection -- theoretically a 10-day process -- can take as long as eight months in some areas, according to Valerio.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Elora Mukherjee: The metering policy was first implemented by DHS in 2016 and then it was formalized into written guidance in 2018.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The company has begun metering computing supply to users during peak hours, but the rollout has been marred by customers who have complained that they are reaching the limit far too quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
"Somehow they are metering their intake, so maybe zero to 1% is a more likely concentration that they would find in the wild than anything higher," he said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
The one adjustment consists in raising or lowering the tapered metering pin, increasing or decreasing the supply of gasoline.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
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