Glossary
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AASB Australian Accounting Standards Board
AFS
Australian Financial Services
AGAAP Australian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
AIFRS Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards
ASE Australian Securities Exchange
ASIC Australian Securities and Investment Commission
BFFS Basslink Facility Fee Swap
BSA Basslink Services Agreement
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CGU Cash Generating Unit
CLP China Light and Power
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CO2 – e Carbon dioxide equivalent
CSO Community Service Obligation
EBITDA Earnings Before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation and Amortisation
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environmental Management Plan
EPA Enterprise Partnership Agreement
EPN Environment Protection Notice
esaa Energy Suppliers Association of Australia
ESMS Environment and Sustainability Management System
FCAS Frequency Control Ancillary Services
FFFI Floating Facility Fee Instrument
FTE Full Time Equivalent
G3 Global Reporting Index – G3 Guidelines
GBE Government Business Enterprise
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GST Goods and Services Tax
HEC Hydro-Electric Corporation
HHTP Healthy Hydro Tasmania Program
IBRM Integrated Business Risk Management
IHA International Hydropower Association
IRR Inter Regional Revenue
KPI Key Performance Indicator
MAST Marine and Safety Tasmania
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MRET Mandatory Renewable Energy Target
MVA Mega Volt Amps
NCR Non-conformance Report
NEM National Electricity Market
NEMMCO National Electricity Market Management Company
NGAC NSW Gas Abatement Certificates
OCEO Office of the CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
OH&S Occupational Health and Safety
OTTER Office of the Tasmanian Energy Regulator
PCB Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls
PJ Petajoule
RBF Retirement Benefits Fund
REC Renewable Energy Certificate
RRN Regional Reference Node
SF6 Sulphur hexafluoride
Tascorp Tasmanian Public Finance Corporation
WACD Weighted Average Cost of Debt

Additional
kW kilowatt One kW = 1000 watts. A watt is the rate at which electrical energy is produced or used.
MW megawatt One MW = 1000 kilowatts or one million watts
kWh kilowatt hour The standard unit of energy, equivalent to production or consumption at the rate of one kilowatt for one hour.
MWh megawatt hour One MWh = 1000 kilowatt hours
GWh gigawatt hour One GWh = 1 million kilowatt hours, or 1000 megawatt hours.
kV kilovolt One kV = 1000 volts. A volt is the unit of potential or electrical pressure.
km – kilometre
m3 – cubic metre
m – metre
M - million


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