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Spill
Energy; Energy trade
Release of water from a reservoir over a spillway rather than putting it through turbines to generate electricity. A spillway is the overflow structure of a dam.
Discount
Energy; Energy trade
An amount agreed between buyer and seller to be subtracted from an existing benchmark.
Working gas
Energy; Energy trade
Volume of gas that is expected to be cycled from a natural gas storage facility.
Alternating current distribution
Energy; Energy trade
The supply of electricity from one or more major receiving stations to the point of consumption. Energy is generally supplied at a voltage that can be directly used by large rotating machinery and ...
Contract price
Energy; Energy trade
Periodic (monthly/quarterly/annual) price agreed between sellers and buyers of commodities for term business. Often abbreviated to CP. Most oil contract prices are "floating", that is they are tied ...
Bio-leaching
Energy; Energy trade
A process for recovering metals from low-grade ores by dissolving them in solution, the dissolution being aided by bacterial action.
Megawatt-hour (mwh)
Energy; Energy trade
One million watt-hours of electricity. A unit of electrical energy which equals one megawatt of power used for one hour.
