Energy and power are used quite interchangeably and power is the better
word for it.
> A more general issue is that often utilities provide more than one
service. Xcel, which operates in parts of the US, provides both
electricity and natural gas (the latter which is technically energy
too). In a nearby city to where I live, the city owned utility provides
electricity, water, sewer, and internet.
That's something which is not common in Europe. The only close such case
is an power company (EVN) which operates power infrastructure, heating
infrastructure and sells power in the same area but these activities are
separated in subsidiaries. Is that the case in the US or Xcel does not
have subsidiaries for the different economic activities?
On 18/11/2022 23:31, Mike Thompson wrote:
Technically what the electric utility is selling is energy, not
power. One gets billed for kilowatt-hours, not kilowatts. See [0].
However, colloquially, the terms power and energy when it comes to
electric utilities are used interchangeably, although "power company"
seems to be favored vs. "energy company" in the US where I live. If
we want to be clear, why not office=electric_utility (if that is what
we mean)?
A more general issue is that often utilities provide more than one
service. Xcel, which operates in parts of the US, provides both
electricity and natural gas (the latter which is technically energy
too). In a nearby city to where I live, the city owned utility
provides electricity, water, sewer, and internet.
Mike
[0] https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Energy_vs_power
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 12:56 PM Dimitar <osm.dimitar...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello.
I’m
[proposing](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Power_utility_office)
to introduce a new tag for power utility offices
(office=power_utility)
and deprecate the existing one (office=energy_supplier). The
rationale
behind this idea is that energy_supplier can be confusing to most
people.
Please comment wherever you feel most comfortable:
* Here
* On the wiki talk page
* On the community forum
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