On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 2:46 PM Dimitar <osm.dimitar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Energy and power are used quite interchangeably and power is the better > word for it. > What evidence do you have that is the case? What is being provided is energy, not power. ...and if we mean electricity, why not use that in the tag? > > > 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? > There is no subsidiary. Mike > 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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