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| Amp |
Ampere |
| A&G |
Administrative and General Expenses |
| AAQS |
Ambient Air Quality Standards |
| ABF |
Aquatic Base Flow |
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| ACA |
Annual Charge Adjustment |
| ACHP |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
| ACRS |
Accelerated Cost Recovery System |
| ADIT |
Accumulated Deferred Income Taxes |
| API |
American Petroleum Institute |
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| bbl |
Barrel of oil |
| bbl/d |
Barrels per Calendar Day |
| Bcf |
Billion Cubic Feet |
| Bcfe |
Billion Cubic Feet of gas Equivalent |
| boe |
Barrels of Oil Equivalent (bbls of oil equivalent) |
| BS&W |
Bottom Sediments of Water |
| Btu |
British thermal unit |
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| C or cent. |
Centigrade |
| CAA |
Clean Air Act |
| CAODC |
Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors |
| CAPP |
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers |
| CBM |
Coalbed Methane |
| CEPA |
Canadian Energy Pipeline Association |
| CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CERI |
Canadian Energy Research Institute |
| cu. ft |
Cubic Feet |
| Cf |
Compare |
| cu. ft/s |
Cubic Feet per Second |
| CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
| CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
| CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| cps |
Cycles Per Second |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
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| dBA |
Decibles on the A-weighted scale |
| dc |
Direct Current |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOE |
Department Of Energy |
| DOT |
Department Of Transportation |
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| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EHV |
Extra High Voltage |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMF |
Electro Magnetic Fields |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Act |
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| FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FOIP |
Freedom Of Information and Protection of Privacy Act |
| FONSI |
Findings Of No Significant Impact |
| FR |
Full Requirements |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
| FWS |
[U.S.] Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| GAPP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| GT&C |
General Terms and Conditions |
| GW |
Gigawatt |
| GWh |
Gigawatt-Hour |
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| HCA |
Host Control Area |
| HEP |
Habitat Evaluation Procedure |
| HHI |
Hirschman Herfindahl Index |
| HQI |
Habitat Quality Index |
| hp |
Horsepower |
| HVI |
High Viscosity Index |
| Hz |
Hertz (cycles per second) |
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| ICAP |
Installed Capacity |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| IER |
Incremental Energy Rate |
| IHR |
Incremental Heat Rate |
| IJC |
International Joint Commission |
| IPE |
International Petroleum Exchange |
| IPO |
Initial Public Offering |
| ISO |
International Standards Organization |
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| J.A.S. |
Joint Association Survey |
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| kg |
Kilograms |
| kHz |
Thousand Hertz (cycles per second) |
| km |
Kilometre |
| kV |
Kilovolt |
| KVA |
Kilovolt-Ampere |
| KW |
Kilowatt |
| KWh |
Kilowatt-Hour |
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| LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
| LODF |
Line Outage Distribution Factor |
| LOLE |
Loss Of Load Expectation |
| LPG |
Liquified Petroleum Gas |
| lsfo |
Loss-Sulfur Fuel Oil |
| LVI |
Low Viscosity Index |
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| M |
Metre |
| mboe |
Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent |
| Mboe/d |
Thousand Barrels of Oil Equivalent per Day |
| Mbbl |
Thousand Barrels |
| Mbbl/d |
Thousand Barrels per Day |
| MMbbl |
Million barrels |
| Mcf |
Thousand Cubic Feet (of gas) |
| MMcf |
Million Cubic Feet |
| MMcf/d |
Million Cubic Feet per Day |
| MMboe |
Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent |
| MMBtu |
Million British Thermal Units |
| MVA |
Megavolt-Amperes |
| MW |
Megawatts |
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| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NASDAQS |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NEB |
National Energy Board |
| NEMA |
National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NGL |
Natural Gas Liquids |
| NITC |
Normal Incremental Transfer Capability |
| NOI |
Notice Of Intent or Notice Of Inquiry |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NYMEX |
New York Mercantile Exchange |
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| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration [U.S. Department of Labor] |
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| ppm |
Parts Per Million |
| PSAC |
Petroleum Services Association of Canada |
| psi |
Pounds per Square Inch |
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| QF |
Qualifying Facility |
| QUAD |
Quadrillion Btus |
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| RCCD |
Reverse Circulation Centre Discharge |
| ROA |
Return of Assets |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| ROE |
Return of Equity |
| ROFR |
Right Of First Refusal |
| ROI |
Return On Investment |
| ROW |
Right-Of-Way |
| rpm |
Revolutions Per Minute |
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| SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
| Scf |
Standard Cubic Foot of natural gas |
| SCO |
Standard Cost Obligation |
| SEC |
[U.S.] Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SFEIS |
Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement |
| SFV |
Straight Fixed Variable |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SNG |
Synthetic Natural Gas |
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| Tcf |
Trillion Cubic Feet |
| TCR |
Transition Cost Recovery (mechanism) |
| TDU |
Transmission Dependent Utility |
| TOU |
Time-Of-Use |
| TTC |
Total Transfer Capability |
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| U.S.C. |
United States Code |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
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| VA |
Volt-Ampere |
| VAR |
Volt-Ampere Reactive Unit |
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| WACOG |
Weighted Average Cost Of Gas |
| WPI |
Wholesale Price Index |
| WQC |
Water Quality Certificate |
| WTI |
West Texas Intermediate |
| WTP |
Willingness to Pay |
| WY |
Water Year |
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