Appendix 4 Acronyms

Acronym

Definition

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AEMC

Australian Energy Market Commission

AEMO

Australian Energy Market Operator

AER

Australian Energy Regulator

BCA

Business Council of Australia

BITRE

Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics

CAGR

compound annual growth rate

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CSG

coal seam gas

DEC

Direct Economic Contribution

DEWS

Queensland Department of Energy and Water Supply

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GL

gigalitres

GWh

gigawatt hours

GRP

Gross Regional Product

GSP

Gross State Product

HCV

heavy commercial vehicle

HFC

hybrid-fibre co-axial

ICT

information and communications technology

IMO

Independent Market Operator

ISDN

Integrated Services for Digital Network

KT

kilometres travelled

LCV

light commercial vehicle

LNG

Liquefied natural gas

Mbps

megabits per second

MFP

multi factor productivity

ML

megalitres

Mtpa

megatonnes per year

NBN

National Broadband Network

NEM

National Electricity Market

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

O/D

origin/destination

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PHT

passenger hours travelled

PJ

petajoules

PKT

passenger kilometres travelled

PPP

Public Private Partnership

PV

photovoltaic

Qld

Queensland

SA

South Australia

SEQ

South East Queensland

SWIS

South West Interconnected System

Tas

Tasmania

TEU

twenty-foot equivalent unit

TJ

terajoule

V/C

volume compared to capacity

Vic

Victoria

VKT

vehicle kilometres travelled

WA

Western Australia

WEM

Wholesale Electricity Market