| 释义 |
Offer, n.2|ˈɒfə(r)|
Also OFFER.
[Abbrev.]
The Office of Electricity Regulation, a regulatory body set up in 1989 to supervise the operation of the British electricity industry, after its privatization.
1989Economist 25 Feb. 26/2 The appointee will run the Office of Electricity Regulation (Offer), the watchdog that will regulate electricity after its 1990–91 privatisation. 1990Ideal Home Apr. 133/4 OFFER will monitor and control prices charged by all the supply companies; the tariffs charged will be determined by the companies themselves. 1990Times 4 May 33/1 Since September 1 last year, Professor Littlechild has headed the Office of Electricity Regulation (Offer), the body which will monitor the electricity supply industry as it is moved by stages into the private sector. 1991Purchasing & Supply Managem. Apr. 22/3 One would need a licence from the Office of Electricity Regulation, OFFER, to sell surplus electricity direct to another user. 1991Guardian 1 Nov. 5/1 The bill—which will be criticized by Labour for not going far enough to protect the consumer—will give all the regulators the powers of the strongest: Offer, the Office of Electricity Regulation. 1992Evening Standard (London) 28 Sept. 51/6 Friends of the Earth called on Professor Stephen Littlechild, Head of the Office of Electricity Regulations [sic] (OFFER) to introduce measures to give the 12 Regional Electricity Companies (RECs) incentives to reduce electricity consumption. |