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A

Affiliate
Aggregated Gas
Aggregation
Aggregator
Air pollutant
Air pollution
AKI
Ambient air quality
Ambient air quality guideline values
Ancillary Services (AS)
Anti-Competitive Behavior
Anti-Knock Index (AKI)

B

Bunkering

C

Capacity
Captive Market
Central Dispatch
Certificate of Authority (COA)
Certificate of Conformity
COA
Commission
Concession Contract
Contestable Market
Control
Conventional Energy Sources
Conventional Transportation System
Co-Generation Facility
Customer Service Charge

D

Decommissioning and Abandonment
Delivery
Demand Side Management
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Finance (DOF)
Distribution
Distribution Code
Distribution of Electricity
Distribution System
Distribution Utility (DU)
Distribution Wheeling Charge
DOE
DOF
DU

E

EC
Eco-profile
Electric Cooperative (EC)
Electric Power Industry Participant
Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA)
Emerging RE Technologies
Emission
End-user
Energy Regulatory Board (ERB)
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)
Energy Storage System (ESS)
EPIRA
ERB
ERC
ESS

F

Finished petroleum product
Force Majeure
Franchise Area

G

Generation Company
GHG
Greenhouse gases (GHG)
Grid
Grid Code

H

Hazardous substances
Hoarding
Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV)

I

Illegal trading in petroleum and/or petroleum products
Independent Market Operator (IMO)
Independent Power Producer (IPP)
Integrated RE Plant and ESS (IRESS)
Inter-Class Cross Subsidy
Inter-Regional Grid Cross Subsidy
Intra- Regional Grid Cross Subsidy
IPP
IPP Administrator
IRESS
Isolated Distribution System

L

Lifeline Rate
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
LNG
LNG Storage and Regasification Terminal

M

Misuse of allocation
Mobile source
Motor vehicle

N

National Electrification Administration (NEA)
National Power Corporation (NPC)
National Transmission Corporation (TRANSCO)
Natural gas
Natural Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (NGSPA)
NEA
New vehicle

O

Octane Rating
ODS
Offshore
Open Access
Overpricing
Own Use
Own-Use Permit
Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

P

Participant
PDNGI
PDNGI Facility
PDNG Dev Plan
PDNG Distribution Code
PDNG Distribution Dev Plan
PDNG Transmission Code
PDNG Transmission Dev Plan
PDNG Transmission System
PEP
Permit
Permit Holder
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Petroleum Fuel Product Adulteration
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Development Plan (PDNG Dev Plan)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Distribution Code (PDNG Distribution Code)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Distribution Development Plan (PDNG Distribution Dev Plan)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Distribution System (PDNG Distribution System)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Industry (PDNGI)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Transmission Code (PDNG Transmission Code)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Transmission Development Plan (PDNG Transmission Dev Plan)
Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Transmission System (PDNG Transmission System)
Philippine Energy Plan (PEP)
Philippine LNG Storage and Regasification Terminal Code (PLSR Terminal Code)
Philippine LNG Storage and Regasification Terminal Development Plan
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)
PLSR Terminal Code
Poisonous and toxic fumes
Pollution control device
Pollution control technology
POPs
Power Development Program (PDP)
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM)
Privatization

R

Related Group
Renewable Gases
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
Reselling
Restructuring
Retail Rate

S

SPUG
Standard of performance
Stationary source
Stranded contract costs of NPC or distribution utility
Stranded Debts of NPC
Subtransmission Assets
Supplier
Supplier’s charge
Supply
Supply of Electricity

T

TDP
Third-Party Access Code (TPA Code)
Third-Party Access (TPA)
TPA
TPA Code
TPA Permit
TRANSCO
Transmission
Transmission Charge
Transmission Development Plan (TDP)
Transmission of Electricity

U

UC
Underdelivery
Underfilling
Universal Charge

V

Virtual Transportation System

W

Waterfront
Waterfront LNG Plant

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Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 ×
TRAIN Law of 2017 ×

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