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Abbreviations and acronyms |
Abbreviations and acronyms
ACER |
Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators |
bcf/d |
Billion Cubic Feet per Day |
bcm |
Billion Cubic Metres |
bcm/d |
Billion Cubic Metres per day |
BG |
British Gas |
CAM |
capacity allocation mechanism |
CMP |
congestion management procedures |
CNOOC |
China National Offshore Oil Corporation |
CNPC |
China National Petroleum Corporation |
EBB |
electronic bulletin board |
EFET |
European Federation of Energy Traders |
EIA |
Energy Information Administration |
ENTSOG |
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EU |
European Union |
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FT |
firm transportation |
FY |
fiscal year |
GIE |
Gas Infrastructure Europe |
GTM |
Gas Target Model |
GTS |
Netherlands Gasunie Transport Service |
H-gas |
high-calorific gas |
ICE |
Intercontinental Exchange |
IEA |
International Energy Agency |
IGU |
International Gas Union |
INGAA |
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America |
IPRO |
Independent Price-Reporting Organisations |
IT |
interruptible transportation |
LDC |
local distribution company |
L-gas |
low-calorific gas |
LNG |
liquified natural gas |
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NAESB |
North American Energy Standards Board |
NBP |
National Balancing Point |
NBS |
National Bureau of Statistics of China |
NCG |
NetConnect Germany |
NDP |
network development plans |
NDRC |
National Development and Reform Commission |
NEA |
National Energy Act |
NGA |
Natural Gas Act of 1938 |
NGI |
Natural Gas Intelligence |
NGPL |
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (owned by Kinder Morgan) |
NMa |
Dutch competition authority |
NOC |
national oil company |
NRA |
national regulatory authority |
NYMEX |
New York Mercantile Exchange |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OFGAS |
Office of Gas Supply |
Ofgem |
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
OFO |
operational flow order |
OTC |
over-the-counter |
PG&E |
Pacific Gas and Electric |
REMIT |
Regulation on Wholesale Energy Markets Integrity and Transparency |
SBS |
System balance signal |
SHPGX |
Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange |
SoCal Gas |
Southern California Gas |
TCF |
trillion cubic feet |
TPA |
third-party access |
TSO |
Transmission System Operator |
TTF |
Title Transfer Facility |
UK |
United Kingdom |
US |
United States |
UIOLI |
“use it or lose it” |
Y-o-y |
year-on-year |
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