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therm

Energy; Energy trade

A unit of heating value equal to 100,000 Btus, in common use in the UK. Roughly, you can get 56 therms by setting fire to a barrel of crude oil. The dekatherm, 10 therms, is a more commonly used ...

capacity release

Energy; Energy trade

The temporary relinquishment of firm transportation capacity on a pipeline. The capacity holder releases the capacity in the open market and accepts bids for use of that capacity over a specific, ...

tolling arrangement

Energy; Energy trade

An arrangement whereby a party moves fuel to a power generator and receives kilowatt hours (kWh) in return for a pre-established fee.

support

Energy; Energy trade

A price at which buyers are likely to start buying in a downtrend.

Interconnector

Energy; Energy trade

A 238-km pipeline providing a strategic link between the UK and continental Europe, connecting the two gas transmission systems at Bacton in the UK and Zeebrugge in Belgium. Capacity from the UK to ...

solar generation

Energy; Energy trade

The use of the sun’s radiation to generate electricity.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Energy; Energy trade

A US federal agency created in 1977 to regulate, among other things, interstate wholesale gas and transportation of gas and electricity at "just and reasonable" rates. Located in Washington.

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