If you paid someone to care for your child, spouse, or dependent last year, you may be able to claim the Child and Dependent Care Credit on your federal income tax return.
What Is MidAmerican Energy? Founded in 1995 in Des Moines, IA, MidAmerican Energy is a transmission and delivery utility that provides service to Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota. The utility supplies energy to more than 752,000 electric customers and more than 733,000 natural gas customers throughout its 10,600-square mile service area.
Thermal energy refers to the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature. Heat is the flow of thermal energy. In the context of mechanics problems, we are usually interested in the role thermal energy plays in ensuring conservation of energy. Almost every transfer of energy that takes place in real-world physical systems does so with efficiency less than 100% and results in some thermal energy. This energy is usually in the form of low-level thermal energy. Here, low-level means that the temperature associated with the thermal energy is close to that of the environment. It is only possible to extract work when there is a temperature difference, so low-level thermal energy represents 'the end of the road' of energy transfer.