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Short Form |
Full Form |
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AMI |
Advanced metering infrastructure |
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APDRP |
Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme |
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ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
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AT&C |
Aggregate technical and commercial |
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BEE |
Bureau of Energy Efficiency |
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BIS |
Bureau of Indian Standards |
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CBA |
Cost-benefit analysis |
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CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
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CEA |
Central Electricity Authority |
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CEC |
China Electricity Council |
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CER |
Certified emission reduction |
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CERC |
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission |
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CIP |
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme |
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CIS |
Customer information system |
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CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
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CPP |
Critical peak pricing |
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CPRI |
Central Power Research Institute |
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CPUC |
California Public Utilities Commission |
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CRM |
Customer relations management |
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DCA |
Development Credit Authority (US) |
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DFID |
Department for International Development (UK) |
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DMS |
Distribution management systems |
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DNO |
Distribution network operator |
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DOE |
Department of Energy (US) |
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DR |
Demand response |
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DSM |
Demand-side management |
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DST |
Department of Science and Technology |
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EE |
Energy efficiency |
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EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute |
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ERCOT |
Electric Reliability Council of Texas |
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ESCO |
Energy service company |
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EU ETS |
European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme |
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EV |
Electric vehicle |
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FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (US) |
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GIS |
Geographic information system |
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GOI |
Government of India |
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GPRS |
General packet radio service |
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GWAC |
Grid Wise Architecture Council |
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ICT |
Information and communications technology |
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IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IED |
Intelligent electronic device |
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ISO |
Independent system operator |
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IVVC |
Integrated Vol/VAR control |
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IPP |
Independent power producer |
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JI |
Joint Implementation |
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JUCCCE |
Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy |
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KPI |
Key performance indicator |
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LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
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MCIT |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
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Mescom |
Mangalore Electricity Supply Company |
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MNRE |
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy |
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MoP |
Ministry of Power |
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NARUC (US) |
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
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NDRC |
National Development and Reform Commission |
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NEC |
National Energy Administration |
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NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology (US) |
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O&M |
Operations and maintenance |
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OE |
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE |
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PEV |
Plug-in electric vehicle |
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PFC |
Power Finance Corporation |
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PG&E |
Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
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PHEV |
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle |
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PLC |
Power line carrier |
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PLC |
Programmable logic controller |
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PMU |
Phasor measurement unit |
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PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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PTR |
Peak time rebate |
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PUCO |
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio |
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R-APDRP |
Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme |
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RE |
Renewable energy |
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ROI |
Return on investment |
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RTU |
Remote terminal unit |
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SCADA |
Supervisory control and data acquisition |
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SCE |
Southern California Edison Company |
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SEB |
State Electricity Board |
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SERC |
State Electricity Regulatory Commissions |
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SGCC |
State Grid Corporation of China |
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SGERPI |
State Grid Electric Power Research Institute |
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SGTF |
Smart Grid Task Force |