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therm
Brit a unit of heat equal to 100 000 British thermal units. One therm is equal to 1.055 056 × 108 joules

therm [thərm]
(thermodynamics)
A unit of heat energy, equal to 100,000 international table British thermal units, or approximately 1.055 × 108joules.


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Large businesses that complete energy-efficiency projects saving at least 250,000 therms of natural gas are eligible for the program.
If the proposed price cut is approved, the average NSTAR Gas heating customer, using 144 therms of gas per month between November and April, will pay approximately $233 per month, down from $271 last November.
For a typical UES residential customer using 600 therms of gas per year, the rates proposed by UES would still be about 36 percent lower than those currently charged by Southwest Gas, which serves Phoenix, Tucson and other Arizona communities.
 
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