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| GLOSSARY | |||
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| ABBREVIATIONS | |||
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| ATS | Administrator of Trading System of the Wholesale Electricity Market |
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| AWP | Autumn/winter period |
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| BPTL | Backbone Power Transmission Line(s) |
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| CCGT | Combine-cycle gas turbine | ||
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| CDR FOREM | ZAO "Center for Contracts and Settlements of the Federal (All-Russia) Wholesale Electricity Market", the current trading system operator | ||
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| CHPP | Combined heat and power plant | ||
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| DPP | Diesel Power Plant | ||
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| FEC | Federal Energy Commission | ||
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| FGC | Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System of Russia | ||
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| FOREM | Federal Wholesale Electricity (Capacity) Market | ||
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| GeoTPP | Geothermal power plant | ||
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| GTU (GTPP) | Gas-turbine unit (gas-turbine power plant) | ||
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| HPP | Hydroelectric power plant | ||
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| HVL | High-voltage line | ||
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| IDA | Integrated (Regional) Dispatch Administrations |
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| IES | Integrated Energy Systems | ||
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| IPG | Interconnected Power Grids | ||
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| ITA | Industry tariffs agreement | ||
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| MPD | Maximum permissible discharge | ||
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| MPE | Maximum permissible emission | ||
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| NPP | Nuclear power plant | ||
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| PFP | Production and financial programs | ||
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| PTL | Power transmission lines | ||
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| RAO "UES of Russia" | Russian power and electrification joint-stock company "UES of Russia" | ||
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| REC | Regional Energy Commission | ||
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| Regional energo | Regional power and electrification open joint stock company | ||
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| R&D | Research & Development | ||
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| RTC | Research & Technology Center | ||
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| SDC | Subsidiaries and dependent companyies | ||
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| TPP | Thermal power plant | ||
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| TPTL | Trunk Power Transmission Line(s) | ||
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| UES of Russia | Unified Energy System of Russia | ||
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| UES SO-CDA | System Operator - Central Dispatch Administration of the Unified Energy System of Russia | ||
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| WGC | Wholesale generation company | ||
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| MEASUREMENT UNITS | |||
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| ata | Atmosphere unit - steam pressure measurement unit | ||
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| Gcal | Gigacalorie - thermal energy measurement unit | ||
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| Gcal/h | Gigacalorie per hour - thermal capacity measurement unit | ||
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| Hz | Hertz - current frequency | ||
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| KV | Kilovolt - voltage measurement unit | ||
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| KVA | Kilovolt Ampere - total capacity measurement unit | ||
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| KWh | Kilowatt-hour - electricity production measurement unit | ||
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| MVar | Megavar - electric reactive capacity measurement unit | ||
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| MW | Megawatt - electric power measurement unit | ||
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| MPa | Megapascal - pressure measurement unit | ||
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| t/h | Tons per hour - steam output measurement unit | ||
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| tcf | Ton of conventional fuel |
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| TERMS AND DEFINITIONS | |||
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| Average release supply tariff | An average price at which electrical and thermal energy is released supplied to the a consumer | ||
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| Backbone power transmission lines | Transmission lines with a voltage of 110 KV and higher | ||
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| Budgeting | A management system that includes elements of financial planning, budget formation and the monitoring of compliance therewith | ||
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| Consumer | An individual or a legal entity consuming electricity and/or thermal power | ||
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| Cross-subsidizsing | Covering the losses resulting from low tariffs established for one group of consumers (general populationhouseholds, consumers financed from budgetary funds of various levels, etc.) at the expense of another group of consumers who pay higher tariffs | ||
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| Deficit Energy Systems with Insufficient Generation | Power Supply entitiesEnergy enterprises whose own electricity production is below the level of consumption in their respective regions | ||
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| Electrical and thermal energy tariffs | A system of price rates used to effect payments for electrical and thermal energy | ||
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| Electricity distribution | Activities related to electricity sales | ||
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| Electricity Suppliers (ES) | Commercial entities of any organizsational and legal form that sells electricity and/or thermal energy that was produced and/or bought by them to the consumers in their respective regions | ||
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| Electricity transfers | Transmission of electricity between regions and AO-energos | ||
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| Energy area | An area where electricity is supplied (sold) to consumers attached to respective power suppliers | ||
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| Energy enterprises/ energy companies | Companies/ enterprises that generate electrical and thermal energy | ||
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| Energy Generator | A commercial entity of any organizsational and legal form that generates and sells electricity and/or thermal power in the wholesale market for its further processing, transportation, distribution and sale to consumers | ||
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| Generation | Production of electric energy | ||
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| Isolated power plants | Power plants controlled by other (non-energy) ministries and departments which are run separately from regional energos | ||
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| One-part tariff | A tariff providing for payment for the electricity consumed | ||
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| Prescribed frequency of electric current | AF qualitative factor in the operation of energy systems (UES) with maintenance of the frequency of electric current within the range of 49,8-50,2 Hz | ||
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| Region | An area where the rights and obligations related to supply (sale) of electrical and thermal energy to consumers are assigned to a certain electricity supplier | ||
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| Simultaneous work of UES | Oorganization of synchronous work of energy pools operation of UES | ||
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| Subscription (participation fee) | An amount of payment for the services provided in connection with the organiszation of the functioning and in connection with the development of the Unified Energy System of Russia | ||
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| Surplus Energy Systems with Excessive Generation | Power Supply entities Energy enterprises whose own electricity production exceeds the level of consumption in their respective regions | ||
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| Two-part tariff | A tariff providing for payment for the electricity consumed and for the capacity added | ||
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| Unified Energy System of Russia | Economically interrelated technological (technical) business entities sharing the same system of forecasting, planning and coordination and the same system of operational dispatching of generation, t? Transmission and distribution of energy of a certain predetermined quality that are integrated into one operational complex, with a view to insuring a steady and efficient supply of power to consumers | ||
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