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PRONUNCIATION OF OFGEM

Ofgem  [ˈɒfˌdʒɛm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFGEM

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preposition
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determiner
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Ofgem is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFGEM 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 Ofgem in the English dictionary

The definition of Ofgem in the dictionary is Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: a government body formed in 1999 by the merger of the separate regulatory bodies for gas and electricity; its functions are to promote competition and protect consumers' interests.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFGEM


begem
bɪˈdʒɛm
gem
dʒɛm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFGEM

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFGEM

anthem
Brummagem
Dodgem
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Eminem
hem
item
mem
modem
operating system
problem
respiratory system
Salem
seem
Sem
stem
stratagem
system
the system
them

Synonyms and antonyms of Ofgem in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ofgem» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFGEM

Find out the translation of Ofgem to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Ofgem from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ofgem» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天然气电力市场办公室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Ofgem
570 millions of speakers

English

Ofgem
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ofgem
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Ofgem
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ОФГЕМ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ofgem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ofgem
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Ofgem
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ofgem
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ofgem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Ofgem
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

OFGEM
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ofgem
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ofgem
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफजीम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ofgem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ofgem
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

OFGEM
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ОФГЕМ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ofgem
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ofgem
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Ofgem
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Ofgem
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ofgem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ofgem

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFGEM»

The term «Ofgem» is regularly used and occupies the 59.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFGEM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFGEM»

Discover the use of Ofgem in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ofgem and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ofgem: The Social Action Plan and the Energy Efficiency ...
Some consumers get into debt, often through inaccurate estimated bills, and they are then required to use pre-payment meters, even though this is the most expensive way of purchasing energy.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2005
2
Energy Prices, Fuel Poverty and Ofgem: Report, Together with ...
This report, from the Business and Enterprise Committee (HCP 293-I, ISBN 9780215523273) inquires into the effect of the big 6 energy companies (Npower, Centrica, EDF Energy , Scottish Power and Scottish and Southern Energy) all raising ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, 2008
3
Ofgem's retail market review: sixth report of session ...
The Energy and Climate Change Committee believes that energy companies found to have mis-sold electricity and gas deals should pay compensation to consumers.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee, 2011
4
Energy Efficiency: 2nd Report of Session 2005-06
Ofgem considers that well functioning markets will be the most efficient way to deliver the Government's objectives of curbing and then reducing carbon emissions. Ofgem therefore strongly supports the use of market-based instruments, such ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee, 2005
5
Sale of Gas Networks by National Grid: The Office of Gas and ...
2.4 Ofgem is used to responding to developments in the electricity and gas markets and makes an annual provision tor this work in its budget. The tasks arising from the gas network sales, however, were particularly resource intensive due to ...
Great Britain: National Audit Office, 2006
6
OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform OECD Reviews of Regulatory ...
An ex post evaluation of the development and implementation of NETA by DTI and Ofgem should be commenced within, say, one year. An external body, able to draw extensively on input from Ofgem and DTI, should conduct the review.8 ...
OECD, 2002
7
International Handbook on Economic Regulation
internationally was discussed (oFgem, 2000a). this discussion was complemented by an investigation into whether it would be useful to compare the performance of transco's ldZs (local distribution Zones) against each other ( oFgem, 2000a).
Michael A. Crew, David Parker, 2006
8
Meeting the energy challenge: a White Paper on energy
5.2.10 The uncertainty over future demand for network investment is one of the reasons that Ofgem has developed flexible funding mechanisms for transmission businesses through the price control process. These mechanisms are designed ...
‎2007
9
Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in ...
We consider a set of suppliers {s1 ,..,s n} and the normative system, appropriately called OfGEM. The main variables of the model MROC are 'meettarget', which represents the fact that a supplier has collected enough ROCs, either by selling ...
Olivier Boissier, 2006
10
Refining Regulatory Regimes: Utilities in Europe
The conservative governments 'focused very much the promotion of competition' ( interviews DTI, November 2001b; OFGEM, November 2001b). From 1997 onwards, however, social and environmental objectives came more to the forefront, ...
David Coen, Adrienne Windhoff-Héritier, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFGEM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ofgem is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comhairle to write to OFGEM
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is to write to OFGEM to seek clarity on reduced SSE tariffs which appear to no longer be available. Comhairle ... «Stornoway Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Npower customers waiting for complaints to be resolved must be …
... are still waiting to have the problem sorted out four weeks later, the gas and electricity giant must give you free energy, Ofgem said this week. «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Scottish Renewables hails dismissal of RWE case
Scottish Renewables has hailed the dismissal of a judicial review against Ofgem's decision to alter transmission charging arrangements as a ... «reNews, Jul 15»
4
Is my 'green' energy tariff as clean as it claims to be?
But a crackdown by the regulator, Ofgem, means that energy firms must clearly say if a green tariff fails to offer any environmental benefit other ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Complaints about energy firms rise despite new sanctions
Ofgem has forced both Scottish Power and npower to provide free energy to thousands of customers between them after they failed to resolve ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
6
24-hour power cut at home
We are bitterly disappointed with Dual Energy and we are going to be following a complaint through with Ofgem. They should not have left our ... «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
7
"We saved £186 switching with the Manchester Big Switch"
That's hundreds of pounds cheaper than a typical standard tariff and £407 cheaper than the average bill of £1,292 (Source: Ofgem). «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
8
UK should taper off subsidies over five years
KPMG director Robert Hall, a former managing director at UK regulatory agency Ofgem, presented a pathway to a subsidy-free UK PV sector by ... «pv magazine, Jul 15»
9
UK Government Announces Further Shake-up to RO and FIT …
b. where evidence is provided to Ofgem that a significant financial investment has been made in the project on or before 22 July 2015 in the ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
10
Is the BBC really still our Guardian of the truth?
It is my understanding that the media regulator Ofgem, headed by former Treasury mandarin Sharon White, would be ready to take on this role. «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»

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