Acronyms
Alphabetical Listing
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
A/C - Air Conditioning
AMI - Advanced metering infrastructure
AMR - Advanced Meter Reading
B
Bcf - Billions of cubic feet
Bcm - Billions of cubic meters
C
CAC - Central Airconditioning
CBL - Customer Baseline Load
CEC - California Energy Commission
CPP - Critical Peak Pricing
CPR - Critical Peak Rebate
D
DLC - Direct Load Control
DMS - Distribution management system
DRPs - Demand-Reduction Programs
E
EMCS - Energy Management Control System
EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute
ESI - Energy Services Interface
F
FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
G
GHI - Global horizontal irradiance
GW - Gigawatts
H
HP - Hourly Pricing
HVAC - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
I
ISO - Independent System Operator
K
KWp - kilowatts peak
O
OMS - Outage management systems
P
PRD - Price-Responsive Demand
R
RTP - Real-Time Pricing
RTU - Remote Terminal Unit
S
SCADA - Supervisory control and data acquisition
T
T&D - Transmission and Distribution
TOU - Time-Of-Use
U
UDC - Utility Distribution Companies
UMCP - Unconstrained Market Clearing Price
