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A therm factor is used by gas companies to convert the volume of gas used to its heat equivalent, and thus calculate the actual energy use. It is usually in the units therms/CCF. Since a therm is close to the heat output of 1 CCF of gas under normal conditions, the factor usually is close to 1.


DEFINITIONS



A decatherm is 10 therms. Common abbreviations are as follows (Reference: washingtonpost.com ):


USAGE

United Kingdom regulations were amended to replace therms with joules with effect from 1999.