ENTSOG Southern Corridor (SC) Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) 2014-2023 / Main Report

Abbreviations

ISO

AD

Independent System Operator

Average Day

ITB

AGRI

Interconnector Turkey Bulgaria

Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector

ITO

Independent Transmission Operator

AW

Average Winter

km

Kilometer

bcm

Billion Cubic Meter

LNG

Liquified Natural Gas

BOTA Ş

BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Turkey)

mcm

Million cubic meter

mm

Millimeter

CAM

Capacity Allocation Mechanisms

MRS

Metering & Regulating Station

CCGT

Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

MS

Member State (EU)

CEE

Central Eastern Europe

MW

Mega Watt

CEGH

Central European Gas Hub

NBP

National Balancing Point (UK)

CMP

Congestion Management Procedures

NRA

National Regulating Authority

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

NSI

North South Interconnections

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

OU

Ownership Unbundling

CS

Compressor Station

PCI

Project of Common Interest

DC

Design Case

RCI

Residential-Commercial-Industrial

DN

Nominal Diameter

RES

Renewable Energy Sources

DSO

Distribution System Operator

SC

Southern Corridor

EC

European Commission

SCP

South Caucasus Pipeline

ENTSOG

European Network of Transmission System Operator for Gas

SOCAR

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic

ETS

Emission Trading Scheme

TANAP

Trans Anatolian Pipeline

EU

European Union

TAP

Trans Adriatic Pipeline

FID

Final Investment Decision

TSO

Transmission System Operator

GMS

Gas Metering Station

TYNDP

Ten Year Network Development Plan

GRIP

Gas Regional Investment Plan

UGS

Underground Storage

GRS

Gas Receiving Station

UR

Uniform Risk

GWh/y

Giga Watt hour/ year

USA

United States of America

IAP

Ionian Adriatic Pipeline

WGV

Working Gas Volume

IGB

Interconnector Greece Bulgaria

IP

Interconnection Point

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Southern Corridor GRIP 2014–2023