Glossary of Terms
Key terminology in the energy market
Arbitrage
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Ask
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Basis Risk
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Bid
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Big Data Analytics
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Biomass Energy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Block Trade
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Blockchain
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Brent Crude
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Capacity Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Credits
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Disclosure
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Neutrality
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Offset
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Pricing
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Carbon Tax
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Circular Economy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Clean Energy Standard (CES)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Coal
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Cogeneration
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Consumers
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Contract
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Counterparty Risk
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Crude Oil
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Data Analytics
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Day Trading
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Decentralized Energy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Demand Response
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Demand-side Management (DSM)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Derivatives
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Downstream
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
EBB
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Electricity
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Energy Audit
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Energy Hedge Fund
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Energy Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Energy Star
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Energy Storage
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
ERP
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
ESCO
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
ETMS
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
ETRM
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
EU EEX (European Energy Exchange)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
EU ETS
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Feed-in Tariff
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
FERC
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Forward Price
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Futures Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Gas Hub
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Gas Management
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Gas Plant Accounting
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Gatherer
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Geothermal Energy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Green Bonds
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Green Energy Certificates
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Grid Code
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Grid Operator
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Grid Resilience
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Heat Rate
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Heat Rate Curve
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Hedging
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Hybrid Energy Systems
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Hydropower
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
ICE (Intercontinental Exchange)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Imbalance Makeup
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Independent Power Producer (IPP)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Index Price
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
IoT (Internet of Things)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Islanding
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Just Transition
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
LEED Certification
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
LMP (Locational Marginal Pricing)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
LNG
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Load Factor
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Load Serving Entity (LSE)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Load Shedding
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Long Position
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Merit Order
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Midstream
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Natural Gas
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Net Metering
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Netback
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Nuclear Energy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
OPEC
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Options
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
OTC (Over-the-Counter) Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Position Management
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Power Pool
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Private Equity
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Producers
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Project Finance
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
PUC
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
RECs
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Regulators
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Renewable Energy
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Retail Energy Provider (REP)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Retail Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Risk Assessment
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
RTO/ISO
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Scheduler
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Settlement Price
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Short Position
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Smart Grid
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Smart Meter
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Spot Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Spot Price
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Spread Trading
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Substation
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Swing Trading
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
System Operator (SO)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Traders
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Transformer
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Transmission Lines
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Upstream
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Utilities
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
VaR (Value at Risk)
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Volatility
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Wholesale Market
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.
Wind Turbine
Exploiting price differences between two or more markets to make a profit.