Glossary

AEPAssociation of Electricity Producers
AES Association of Electricity Suppliers
AFR Accident Frequency Rate
ATL Approach to limit
BAT Best Available Techniques
BitC Business in the Community
CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
CCS Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CERT Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
CESP Community Energy Savings Programme
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CICS Common Incident Classification Scheme
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
CR Corporate Responsibility
CRC Corporate Responsibility Committee
CHP Combined Heat and Power
EA Environment Agency
EBITDA Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation
EFDS English Federation of Disability Sport
ELS Employee-led Safety
EMS Environmental Management Systems
ENA Energy Networks Association
ERA Energy Retail Association
ESO Energy Supply Ombudsman
EU European Union
EU ETS The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
FBA Furnace Bottom Ash
FDSO Federation for Disability Sports Organisations
FGD Flue Gas Desulphurisation
GQCHP Good Quality Combined Heat and Power
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
GW Gigawatt
GWh Gigawatt hour
H&S Health and Safety
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HSRC Health and Safety Review Committee
HTW Health Through Warmth
kW Kilowatt
kWh Kilowatt hour
LBG London Benchmarking Group
LCPD Large Combustion Plant Directive
MtCO2 Million tones of CO2
MW Megawatt
MWh Megawatt hour
NBEI npower Business Energy Index
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NOx Nitrogen Oxides
Ofgem Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
PFA Pulverised Fuel Ash
PPC Pollution Prevention and Control
PV Photovoltaic
RO Renewables Obligation
ROC Renewables Obligation Certificates
ROCE Return on Capital Employed
ROCs Renewables Obligation Certificates
ROSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
SIR Serious Injury Rate
SME Small and Medium Enterprise(s)
SO2 Sulphur Dioxide
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
WRS Warm Response Service