Abbreviations and Acronyms

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A/R

Accounts Receivable System

AB

Abandoned (meter status)

AC

Active Connected (meter status)

ACA

Annual Charge Adjustment

Act

Activity

Amend #

Amendment Number

Asc

Ascending

Assoc

Associated

Avg

Average

Bal

Balance Indicator Box

BCF

Billion Cubic Feet

Beg

Beginning

Bid

Bid

Btu

British Thermal Unit

CA

Contract Approval (meter status)

Cap

Capacity

CBE

Confirmation by Exception

CCT

Central Clock Time

CES

Credit Evaluation System

CGTNY

Canadian Gas Transportation - New York

CGTNE

Canadian Gas Transportation – Northeast

Chg

Change

Chg Qty

Change Qty

CI

Connected Inactive (meter status)

CIB

Cash Out Imbalance System

CIG

Channel Intrastate Gas

CO

Construction Authorized (meter status)

CONF

Confirmation; Confirming

Conf Lvl

Confirmation Level

Conf Req

Confirmation Requester

Conf Qty

Confirmation Quantity

Conf Pty

Confirmation Party

CR

Change Reason Code (retro-nominations only)

CU

Connected Unavailable (meter status)

CYCL

Cycle Indicator

Del

Delivered; Delivery (meter)

Desc

Descending or Description

Dist

Distribution

Dlv

Delivery (meter)

Dn

Downstream

DQL

Delivery Quantity Limitation

DSC

Discount System

Dth

Dekatherm

EBB

Electronic Bulletin Board

ECT

Electronic Custody Transfer

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDM

Electronic Delivery Mechanism

Eff

Effective

End

Ending

EPSQ

Elapsed Prorated Scheduled Quantity

ETNG

East Tennessee Natural Gas

FBAL

Force Balance Indicator

FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FS

Firm Storage Service

FT

Firm Transportation Service

FT-A

Firm Transportation for Large Customers

FT-G

Firm Transportation for Small Customers (general)

FT-GS

Firm Transportation for Small Customers (general system)

GISB

Gas Industry Standards Board

GRI

Gas Research Institute

GSM

Gas Storage Management System

GSR

Gas Supply Realignment Surcharge

ID

Identification; Identifier

Ind

Indicator

INJ

Injection

IP

Internet Protocol

IS

Interruptible Storage Service

IT

Interruptible Transportation Service

IT-X

Interruptible Peaking Service

K

Contract; Contractual

K-Flo

Contractual Flow

LAN

Local Area Network

LDC

Local Distribution Company

LF

Load Factor

LMS

Load Management Service

LMS-MA

Load Management Service - Market Area

LMS-PA

Load Management Service - Pooling Area

LMS-PL

Load Management Service - Pipeline

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas

Loc

Location

Loc Prop

Location Proprietary Code

LOR

Lesser of Rule

MAD

Maximum Allowable Deliveries

Maint

Maintenance

MAV

Maximum Allowable Volume

Mcf

1,000 Cubic Feet of Gas

MDIQ

Maximum Daily Injection Quantity

MDQ

Maximum Daily Quantity

MDWQ

Maximum Daily Withdrawal Quantity

MGT

Midwestern Gas Transmission

MHE

Maximum Hourly Entitlement

MHz

Megahertz

MMBtu

1,000,000 British Thermal Units

MMCF

1,000,000 Cubic Feet of Gas

MSQ

Maximum Storage Quantity

NET

Northeast Transportation

NOM

Nomination

Nom Qty

Nomination Quantity

OAC

Operationally Available Capacity

OBA

Operational Balancing Agreement

OBAD

Operational Balancing Agreement - Delivery

OBAI

Operational Balancing Agreement - Interconnect

OBAR

Operational Balancing Agreement - Receipt

OFO

Operational Flow Order

OPR

Operator

Org

Organization

OVL

Overlapping Cycle

OVR

Override Indicator

PAT

Preferred Access Transportation

PC

Personal Computer

Pct

Percent

PDA

Predetermined Allocation

PGA

Purchased Gas Adjustment

PI

Petroleum Information Corporation

Pkg

Package

PPA

Prior Period Adjustment

Prep

Preparer

Prev

Previous

Prev Qty

Previous Quantity

Prop

Proprietary

PSI

Pounds per Square Inch

PSIA

Pounds per Square Inch Absolute

PSIG

Pounds per Square Inch Gauge

PTR

Plant Thermal Reduction

PVR

Plant Volume Reduction

QTI

Quantity Type Indicator

Qty

Quantity

R/D

Receipt/delivery (meters)

Rcpt

Receipt (meter)

Rec

Receipt

Req

Requestor

RR

Reduction Reason Code

RSTR

Restriction indicator

RWIP

Retrieve Work In Progress

S

Secondary (meter)

S&D

Separation and Dehydration

SA

Supply Aggregation

Sched

Scheduled

Sec

Secondary (meter)

Set Conf Qty

Set Confirmation Quantity

SOS

Standard Online Services

SSO

Storage Swing Option

Stat

Status

Stmt

Statement

Sts

Status

Svc

Service

SWIP

Save Work In Progress

TBO

Transportation Gas By Others

TCRA

Transportation Cost Rate Adjustments

TCS

Transportation Cost Surcharge

TFO

Transportation Gas For Others

TGP

Tennessee Gas Pipeline

TOC

Type of Charge

TOS

Type of Service

Tot

Total

TPA

Trading Partner Agreement

TQ

Transportation Quantity

Trans

Transportation

TSP

Transportation Service Provider

TT

Transaction Type

Txn

Transaction

UAF

Unaccounted For

UC

Unsubscribed Capacity

Up

Upstream

UPPD

Upload to Pipeline of Prearranged Deals

Val

Validation

VAS

Volume Allocation System

VGA

Video Graphics Adapter

WD

Withdrawal

WACOG

Weighted Average Cost of Gas

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