A regulatory mandate to allow others to use a utility's transmission and distribution facilities to move bulk power from one point to another on a nondiscriminatory basis for a cost-based fee. [..]

  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order No. 888 requires public utilities to provide non-discriminatory transmission service over their transmission facilities to third parties to move bulk power [..]

Open access is the condition where access to the fishery (for the purpose of harvesting fish) is unrestricted; i.e., the right to catch fish is free and open to all.

within the context of EU-funded projects, refers to the practice of providing on-line access to scientific information that is free of charge to the end-user and is reusable. In the context of research and innovation, scientific information can refer to (i) peer-reviewed scientific research articles (published in scholarly journals) or (ii) researc [..]

Open Access (OA) is defined as unrestricted access to published materials. In scientific research this generally refers to peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and data.

Information content made freely and universally available via the Internet in easy to read format, usually because the publisher maintains online archives to which access is free or has deposited the [..]

A system offering all applicants access to specified infrastructure. See Common Carriage.

The requirement that a transmission system transmit electricity for any creditworthy party on a non-discriminatory basis.

Health plan flexibility to obtain medical services from a specialist (within the plan) without referral from a primary care physician. Also called an Open Panel Plan.

A publishing model for journals and other publications that makes their content freely available on the public Internet for searching, copying, downloading, and printing. Open Access Journals (OAJs) a [..]

Ability for anyone to access a manuscript free of charge. Some journals offer Open Access content, with the cost burden covered by the authors. Other journals may offer some content free after a perio [..]

Open access, also called open panel, describes a health plan that allows the insured to consult another healthcare provider in the insurance network without a referral.  

An arrangement in which the network is open to independent service providers to offer services. In many cases, the network owner only sells wholesale access to the service providers who offer all reta [..]

Open access means that a study or article is available free-of-charge, usually via the internet. To access full articles in most medical journals you usually have to pay a subscription or make a one-off payment (these types of articles are often referred to as paywalled content).

 Permitting wholesale power suppliers and sellers to move their power over the transmission lines of other utilities.

A regulatory mandate to allow others to use a utility's transmission and distribution facilities to move bulk power from one point to another on a nondiscriminatory basis for a cost-based fee.

Open access arrangements allow a health insurance member to see a participating provider without a referral from another doctor.

Some health plans let members see a participating provider without a referral. In other words, they give open access. Also called direct access.

Gives all customers equal opportunity to the grid.

Allowing any railroad to have access to a rail customer’s facility (also called “forced access”).

Means the non-discriminatory provision for the use of transmission lines or distribution system or associated facilities with such lines or system by any licensee or consumer or a person engaged in generation in accordance with the regulations specified by the Appropriate Commission.

When a utility’s transmission lines are available for use to receive energy from another supplier.

a publishing model whereby authors make their content freely available with publishing costs met by authors or the institution to which they are affiliated.

A free availability of scientific and scholarly research texts on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these artic [..]

Allows a participant to see another participating provider without a referral. Also called Open Panel.

Most of our services are open access which means that during our drop in times you are able to come into our service for a cup of tea and a chat with a member of the team.

Resources that are openly available to users with no requirements for authentication or payment.

Non-discriminatory, fully equal access to transportation or transmission services offered by a pipeline utility.

Order No. 888 requires utilities to allow others to use their transmission and distribution facilities, to move bulk power from one point to another on a nondiscriminatory basis for a cost-based fee.

Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. It can be peer-reviewed, but some journals expect the author to pay for open access.

Unrestricted access to the products of scholarly research.

making peer reviewed scholarly manuscripts freely available via the Internet, permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles, crawl [..]