Versión de HTML Básico
UNIT
1
Introduction to the energy business
|
11
Find a word or expression in the text in exercise 8 which means the same as the following.
1 pylon
5 to make certain
2 a company owned by a parent company
6 grid
3 country
7 to demand an amount of money for goods
4 to watch and check continuously
or services
Complete this table and then the text below with the correct word or expression.
Noun
Verb
Company/Person
1 generation
generator
2 transmission
3 sales
4
to distribute
5
to regulate
6
to liberalize
– – –
7 supply
9
10
In European countries where the energy
market has been liberalized, many energy
customers are not pleased with the results of
this ________________
8
process.They claim
there are no real benefits. They see energy
companies making large profits, firstly
through the ________________
9
of power
and then as grid operators when they charge
outside companies high grid fees for the
_______________
10
of electricity through
their networks. Many see ______________
11
as the answer as this should force companies
to consider their prices. This will probably
make it less profitable to _______________
12
the final customer with electricity and gas.
Each company’s overall _______________
13
volume is set to decrease as more firms enter
the market.
Is the regulator the answer?
did
you
know
?
In some countries, the company which operates a high-voltage grid is called the TSO
(Transmission Systems Operator). The company which runs a distribution network is
sometimes called the DSO (Distribution Systems Operator).