Glossary
AVO | Audio Visual and Olfactory |
BC | British Columbia |
Board or Board of Directors | Enbridge Board of Directors |
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | A naturally occurring gas, also a byproduct of burning fossil fuels from fossil carbon deposits, such as oil, gas and coal, of burning biomass and of land use changes and other industrial processes and principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas. It is the reference gas against which other greenhouse gases are measured and therefore has a Global Warming Potential of 1 CO2 equivalent. |
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) | A unit of measurement that converts various greenhouse gas emissions on an equivalent basis to carbon dioxide. |
CCUS | Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration |
CCPIB | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board |
CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
CRA | Corporate Risk Assessment |
CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
DSM | Demand Side Management, which refers to mechanisms such as incentives and education programs designed to modify consumer demand and incent the more efficient use of energy. |
EHOB | Extra Heavy Oil Barrels |
ELT | Executive Leadership Team |
EV | Electric Vehicle |
GDS | Gas Distribution and Storage |
GJ | Gigajoule |
GPT | Green Power and Transmission |
GTM | Gas Transmission and Midstream |
GW | Gigawatts |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
LP | Liquids Pipelines |
MW | Megawatts |
NGL | Natural Gas Liquids |
NPS | New Policies Scenario |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
Paris Agreement | An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, dealing with GHG emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance, signed in 2016. |
PADD | Petroleum Administration for Defense District |
PPA | Power Purchase Agreement |
P2G | Power to Gas |
RNG | Renewable Natural Gas |
Scope 1 | Accounts for direct GHG emissions which occur from sources that are owned or controlled by the Company. |
Scope 2 | Accounts for GHG emissions from the generation of purchased electricity consumed by the Company. |
Scope 3 | Accounts for other indirect GHG emissions from sources that are not owned or controlled by the Company. |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
SDS | Sustainable Development Scenario |
Sustainability Report | Annual Enbridge Sustainability Report |
TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
Tight Oil | Light crude oil contained in petroleumbearing formations of low permeability, often shale or tight sandstone. |
USGC | United States Gulf Coast |
WCSB | Western Canadian Sedimentary basin |
WEO | IEA's World Energy Outlook |
WTI | West Texas Intermediate |