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PRONUNCIATION OF OFGAS

Ofgas  [ˈɒfˌɡæs] play
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WHAT DOES OFGAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, supporting the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority, is the government regulator for the electricity and downstream natural gas markets in Great Britain. It was formed by the merger of the Office of Electricity Regulation and Office of Gas Supply.

Definition of Ofgas in the English dictionary

The definition of Ofgas in the dictionary is Office of Gas Supply: merged with Offer in 1999 to form Ofgem.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFGAS


avgas
ˈævˌɡæs
bagasse
bəˈɡæs
Batangas
bəˈtæŋɡæs
biogas
ˈbaɪəʊˌɡæs
degas
diːˈɡæs
distringas
dɪsˈtrɪŋɡæs
gas
ɡæs
megass
məˈɡæs
megasse
məˈɡæs
oilgas
ˈɔɪlˌɡæs
outgas
ˌaʊtˈɡæs
syngas
ˈsɪnˌɡæs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFGAS

Ofgem
Ofili
oflag
Oflot
OFM
Ofqual
OFris
OFS
Ofsted
oft
Oftel
often
oftenness
oftentimes
ofttimes
Ofwat
OG
Ogaden

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFGAS

air gas
Artigas
Burgas
carbonic-acid gas
Dry Tortugas
greenhouse gas
inert gas
Las Vegas
laughing gas
liquefied natural gas
mustard gas
natural gas
nerve gas
noble gas
propane gas
shale gas
synthesis gas
tear gas
Vargas
water gas

Synonyms and antonyms of Ofgas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Ofgas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFGAS

Find out the translation of Ofgas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

Ofgas
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ofgas
570 millions of speakers

English

Ofgas
510 millions of speakers

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Ofgas
380 millions of speakers
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Ofgas
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ofgas
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ofgas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ofgas
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ofgas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ofgas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

OFGAS
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Ofgas
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Ofgas
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ofgas
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Ofgas
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ofgas
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफगेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ofgas
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ofgas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ofgas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ofgas
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ofgas
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ofgas
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Ofgas
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Ofgas
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Ofgas
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ofgas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFGAS»

The term «Ofgas» is normally little used and occupies the 117.509 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFGAS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ofgas

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFGAS»

Discover the use of Ofgas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ofgas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Regulatory Reform: Economic Analysis and British Experience
Office of Fair Trading. 1991. The Gas Review. London: OFT. Ofgas. Annual Reports. London: HMSO. Ofgas. 199 la. New Gas Tariff Formula: The Environment and Energy Efficiency. London: Ofgas. Ofgas. 1991b. New Gas Tariff Formula: ...
Mark Armstrong, Simon Cowan, John Vickers, 1994
2
Privatisation Competition and Regulation in the United ...
OFGAS uses many forms of communication, including the common means of meetings, discussions, conferences and the issue of consultation documents. OFGAS has the power to enforce action through formal orders to prevent abuse of ...
G. Ganesh, 1999
3
Administrative Justice in the 21st Century
Complainants may go direct to OFGAS, but it will pass the case back to the GCC if no specific regulatory powers are involved. The GCC notifies the regulator of all potential enforcement matters and OFGAS can call them into headquarters at ...
Michael Harris, Martin Partington, 1999
4
Freer Markets, More Rules: Regulatory Reform in Advanced ...
Since the regulatory system began operation, BG has clashed frequendy with Ofgas and the OFT. As Sir James McKinnon, director-general of Of- gas until 1993, put it: "BG's position was that gas is their business. So you could not expect them ...
Steven Kent Vogel, 1996
5
Market Development in the United Kingdom's Natural Gas Industry
Because BGT has a monopoly position in gas transportation in the U.K., its rates for capacity and transportation services are regulated by Ofgas, under a mix of rate-of-return and price cap regulatory methods. Rates are first calculated to ...
Andrej Juris, 1998
6
National Reforms in European Gas
The budget for Ofgas in 1987-88, the first year in which the organisation was fully active was £1.35m and it employed 21 people. McKinnon expected that a staff of 30 would be sufficient. Nearly all the initial Ofgas employees were drawn from ...
M. Arentsen, R. Kunneke, 2003
7
Britain's Trade and Economic Structure: The Impact of the ...
Categories 2 and 3 - that is, customers using no more than 25,000 therms a year - are called 'tariff customers'. The rates have to be agreed with the Ofgas regulator and comprise a formula by which the maximum average price per therm Mt for ...
Lynden Moore, Lynden Briscoe, 1999
8
Privatization and After: Monitoring and Regulation
Monitoring and Regulation V. V. Ramanadham. privatizedenterprise and, incidentally, emphasizestheimportance of nonadversarialrelationships between the regulator and the regulated. Fairly extensive excerptsfrom OFGAS's documents are ...
V. V. Ramanadham, 2002
9
Energy in a Competitive Market: Essays in Honour of Colin ...
Ofgas was also dissatisfied with the rate of progress on the separation of British Gas' transportation activities from trading as recommended by the OFT. British Gas was concerned with the form of regulation to which it was subject, citing ...
Lester C. Hunt, 2003
10
Regulators and the Poor: Lessons from the United Kingdom
Ofgas considered BG's attributable costs and margins, and found that none of the tariffs were predatory (although pointing out that there were Other dimensions of anticompetitive behaviour which would have to be monitored). The direct debit ...
Richard Green, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFGAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ofgas is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watchdog's report on big six power companies flawed, say former …
Prof Stephen Littlechild, ex-head of Offer, Clare Spottiswoode, former head of Ofgas, and others expressed “grave concerns” about the CMA's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Ascent Resources secures loan to further develop Petišovci Tight …
According to the previous study, the project is estimated to have Bcf (13 Bm3; 76 MMboe) ofgas-in-place. The gas group had previously ... «Hydrocarbons Technology, May 15»
3
LNG import from Qatar
He says that the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project is still intact and the import ofgas will be ensured from Qatar, Iran and other countries to fulfill the ... «Customs Today Newspaper, Mar 15»
4
Global Turbines Industry
... III-5Advanced Technology to Improve Performance and Efficiency ofGas Turbines III-6High Potential US Geothermal Energy Resource Base ... «MarketWatch, Nov 14»
5
Ex-regulators fear Ofgem reforms reduced competition
... Spottiswoode, Head of Ofgas (1993–1998). Ofgem stringently rebuffs the comments, claiming its reforms had “good results” for consumers. «Energy Live News, Aug 14»
6
MARKET REPORT: Toscafund sets off Daisy chain after cash bid …
Chester-based Flowgroup, whose chairman is Clare Spottiswoode, the former director general of Ofgas, advanced 2.5p or 7 per cent to 37p ... «This is Money, Aug 14»
7
UK gas supplies comfortable, retail prices steady
Former heads of electricity and gas regulators Offer and Ofgas, who helped to establish the competitive market in the UK, have called for the ... «Platts, Aug 14»
8
Energy regulator rejects being to blame for high profits and prices
The other signatories are Clare Spottiswoode, head of gas regulator Ofgas between 1993 and 1998, Eileen Marshall, who held a series of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
9
MARKET REPORT: Flowgroup shares jump on sales of power …
Shares of Flowgroup, whose chairman is Clare Spottiswoode, the former director general of Ofgas, jumped 2.88p or almost 19 per cent to ... «This is Money, Nov 13»
10
Reliance plans $6.5 bn investment in KG-D6 to regain lost glory
It is drawing comfort for the future investments from thegovernment approval of the Rangarajan formula for pricing ofgas according to which the ... «Firstpost, Jul 13»

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