Definitions
The following abbreviations and acronyms may appear in this report.
- Base Load
- A quantity of generation offered at 0c/kWh
- CEL
- Contact Energy Limited
- EC
- Electricity Commission (of New Zealand)
- ELL
- Energy Link Limited
- EMarket
- EMarketNZ
- GPL
- Genesis Power Limited
- GWh
- gigawatt hour (1GWh = 1 million kilowatt hours)
- GXP
- Grid Exit Point, term is interchangeable with "node"
- HLY
- Huntly, a thermal generating station located in Huntly and owned by GPL
- Huntly e3P
- New generating station planned to be built by GPL by around the beginning of 2006
- kV
- kilovolt (1kV = 1 thousand volts)
- MED
- Ministry of Economic Development
- MEL
- Meridian Energy Limited
- MRPL
- Mighty River Power Limited
- MW
- Megawatt (1MW = 1 million watts)
- NI
- North Island
- NIWA
- National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
- NPL
- New Plymouth thermal generating station located in New Plymouth and owned by CEL
- NRM
- National Reconciliation Manager
- NZEM
- New Zealand Electricity Market
- OD
- Other Day covering period from 8am through midnight during weekends and public holidays
- ON
- Other Night covering period from midnight through 8am during weekends and public holidays
- OTAB
- Otahuhu B combined cycle thermal generating station located in Otahuhu and owned by CEL
- SI
- South Island
- SOE
- State Owned Enterprise
- SRMC
- Short Run Marginal Cost
- TCC
- Taranaki Combined Cycle thermal generating station located in Stratford and owned by NGC
- TEL
- Todd Energy Limited
- TPL
- Trustpower Limited
- TPNZ
- Transpower New Zealand Limited
- WD
- Week Day covering period from 8am through midnight
- WN
- Week Night covering period from midnight through 8am
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