List of energy abbreviations

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This is a list of acronyms found in the context of energy issues.

A[]

  • AAQS—Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US)
  • AAU—Assigned amount units (measurement)
  • ABT—Availability based tariff (electricity)
  • ABF—Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity)
  • AC—Alternating current
  • ACA—Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity)
  • ACE—Area Control Error (electricity)
  • ACEEE—American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  • ACRS—Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance)
  • ADITC—Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy)
  • ADR—Asset Depreciation Range (finance)
  • AEP—American Electric Power (electricity)
  • AESO—Alberta Electric System Operator
  • AFE—Authority for Expenditure or Authorization for Expenditure
  • AFUDC—allowance for funds used during construction
  • AFV—Alternative fuel vehicle
  • AGA—American Gas Association
  • AGC—Automatic generation control
  • AGD—Associated Gas Distributors (US)
  • AIEE—American Institute of Electrical Engineers
  • AIMA—Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US)
  • ALJ—Administrative law judge
  • AMBO—Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil pipeline
  • AMI—Advanced metering infrastructure
  • AMR—Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading
  • AMRA—Automatic Meter Reading Association
  • ANGTA—Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline
  • ANGTS—Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
  • ANSI—American National Standards Institute
  • AOS—Authorized Overrun Service
  • APA—Administrative Procedure Act
    • —Alaska Power Administration
  • APE—Area of potential effect (electricity)
  • API—American Petroleum Institute (oil)
  • APPA—American Public Power Association (electricity)
  • APR—Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity)
  • AQCR—Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment)
  • ARA—(in shipping) ports of Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp (oil)
  • ARR—Auction Revenue Rights (electricity)
  • ASCC—Alaskan System Coordination Council
  • ASE—Alliance to Save Energy
  • ASTM—American Society for Testing and Materials
  • ATC—Available transfer capability
  • AVR—Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity)

B[]

  • BA—Balancing Authority
  • BA—Biological Assessment
  • BACT—Best Available Control Technology
  • BBL/D—Barrel per day
  • BBL/SD—Barrel per day, on stream days
  • BBL—barrel (42 gallons)
  • BCD—Barrel per day, on calendar days
  • BCF—billion cubic feet
  • BCP—Blackstart Capability Plan
  • BES—Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission)
  • BfP—Bureau Fédéral du Plan (Belgium). (Has responsibilities over economic, social and environmental policy
  • bhp— Brake horsepower
  • BIA—Bureau of Indian Affairs (US)
  • BIPV—Building Integrated Photo Voltaic
  • bl—Barrel
  • BLM—Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
  • BLS—Bureau of Labor Statistics of United States Department of Labor
  • BOE—Barrel of oil equivalent (international)
  • BPA—Bonneville Power Administration (US)
  • BPL—Broadband over power line
  • BPS—Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission)
  • BTMG—Behind The Meter Generation
  • BTU—British thermal unit(s)
  • BTX—from BTX process, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene (oil)
  • BuRec—United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
  • BWR—Boiling water reactor (nuclear)

C[]

  • C&I—Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission)
  • CA—Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon-neutrality
    • —Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO).
  • CAA—Clean Air Act (US)
  • CAEM—Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US)
  • CAES—Compressed Air Energy Storage
  • CAFE—Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (US)
  • CAISO—California Independent System Operator Corporation, a regional transmission organization. (US)
  • CAP—Capacity market programs
  • CAPM—Capital asset pricing model
  • CARB—California Air Resources Board
  • CBL—Customer Baseline Load[1]
  • CBM—Capacity Benefit Margin
  • CBOB—Conventional Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (Motor Gasoline Blending Component)
  • CC—Combined cycle see also CCPP and CCGT
  • CCGT—Combined cycle gas turbine electricity generator
  • CCLIP—Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects
  • CCN—Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (utilities regulation)
  • CCPG—Colorado Coordinated Planning Group
  • CCPP—Combined cycle power plant
  • CD—Contract Demand
  • CDD—Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business
  • CDM—Clean Development Mechanism
  • CEA—Country Environmental Analysis
  • CEC—California Energy Commission
  • CEEC—Central and Eastern European Countries
  • CEMS—Continuous emissions monitoring system
  • CEP—Country Environmental Profile
  • CEPS—Centre for European Policy Studies
  • CEPII—Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales Economics think tank
  • CEQ—Council on Environmental Quality
  • CER—Certified Emission Reduction
  • CERA—Cambridge Energy Research Associates
  • CERCLA—Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act "Superfund" (US)
  • CERCLIS—Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
  • CERTS—Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US)
  • CfD—Contract for difference
  • CFS—cubic feet per second
  • CFTC—Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • CH4—Methane
  • CHP—Combined heat and power
  • CIAC—
  • CIP—Critical Infrastructure Protection (US)
  • CMVE—Competitive Market Value Estimate
  • CNG—Compressed natural gas
  • CO—Carbon monoxide
  • CO2—Carbon dioxide
  • COC—Cost of capital
  • COE—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • CP—Coincident Peak
    • —Certificate Proceeding
  • CPA—
  • CPI—Consumer Price Index
  • CPP—
  • CPP-F—Critical peak fixed
  • CPP-F—Critical peak variable
  • CPS—
    • —Cycles per second (hertz)
  • CPUC—California Public Utilities Commission
  • CREF—Caribbean Renewable Energy Facility
  • CRP—Conservation Reserve Program (US)
  • CRT—Capacity Reservation Tariff
  • CSD—Commission for Sustainable Development (UN)
  • CSEM—Center for the Study of Energy Markets (US)
  • CSP—Country Strategy Paper
  • CT—Combustion turbine (electricity)
  • CZMA—Coastal Zone Management Act

D[]

  • DADRP—Day Ahead Demand Response Program
  • DADS
  • DANIDA—Danish International Development Agency
  • DA-RTP—RTP Day ahead real time pricing (regarding Electricity metering)
  • DC—Direct current
  • DCLM—Direct control load management
  • DCS—Disturbance Control Standard
  • DEFG— (US)
  • DEIS—Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
  • DER—Distributed Energy Resources
  • DERMS—Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
  • DF—Distribution Factor
  • DG—Distributed generation (electricity)
  • DIIS—Danish Institute for International Studies (organization)
  • DLC—Direct load control (regarding Load management)
  • DME— Equipment
  • DO—Dissolved oxygen
  • DoD—Depth of discharge, energy drawn from a battery
  • DOE—United States Department of Energy (government)
  • DOE/FE—United States Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (government)
  • DOI—United States Department of the Interior (government)
  • DOT—United States Department of Transportation (government)
  • DP—Distribution point
  • DR—Demand response
  • DRAM—Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition
  • DRB—Demonstrated reserve base
  • DRCC—Demand Response Coordinating Council (coalition)
  • DRR—Demand Response resources
  • DRRC—Demand Response Research Center (California)
  • DSM—Demand side management
  • DSO—Distribution system operator (regarding electricity distribution)
  • Dth—Dekatherm (defined as 1 million British thermal units, also written "MMBtu") (measurement)
  • DTW—dealer tank wagon (as in, "oil companies setting regional dealer tank wagon pricing") (Oil)

E[]

  • E&D—Exploration and development expenses
  • E85—E85 fuel: A fuel containing a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
  • E95—like E85 fuel but with less gasoline. A fuel containing a mixture of 95 percent ethanol and 5 percent gasoline
  • EA—Environmental assessment as in an Environmental impact assessment
  • EAR—Estimated additional resources, as in considering reserves of uranium deposits
  • EC—European Commission
  • ECAR—East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (US)
  • EPCIP—European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • ECPA—Electric Consumers Protection Act (US)
  • EDC—Electric Distribution Company (electricity)
  • EdF—Electricité de France
  • EDRP—Emergency demand response program
  • EE—Energy efficiency
  • EEI—Edison Electric Institute
  • EERS—
  • EF—Earth Fault
  • EHV—Extra high voltage
  • EIA—Energy Information Administration (US)
    • —Environmental impact assessment (international)
  • EIB—European Investment Bank
  • EIM—Energy Imbalance Market (electricity)
  • EIPP—Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project
  • EIS—Environmental Impact Statement (US)
  • ELCON—Electricity Consumers Resources Council
  • EMF—Electro magnetic field
  • EMP—Environmental Management Plan
  • EOR—Enhanced oil recovery
  • EPA—United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPAct—Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US)
  • EPRI—Electric Power Research Institute (US)
  • EPSA—Electric Power Supply Association
  • EQR—Electric Quarterly Report
  • ERA—Economic Regulatory Administration (part of United States Department of Energy
  • ERCOT—Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc, a regional transmission organization. (US)
  • ERGEG—European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas
  • ERIS—Energy Resource Interconnection Service (electricity)
  • ERO—Electric Reliability Organization. The US designated NERC as its ERO.
  • ERoEI—Energy returned on energy invested
  • ERRA—Energy Regulators Regional Association
  • ESCO—Energy service company
  • ESI—Environmental Sustainability Index
  • ESMAP—Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
  • ESP—Electrostatic precipitator
  • ESS—Energy Storage System, as in grid energy storage (electricity)
  • ETBE—ethyl tertiary butyl ether
  • ETSO—European Transmission System Operators association
  • EU—European Union
  • EUEF—European Union Energy Facility
  • EUEI—European Union Energy Initiative

F[]

  • FAC—Fuel Adjustment Clause
  • FACTS—Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
  • FASB—Financial Accounting Standards Board
  • FBR—fast breeder reactor
  • FCITC—First Contingency Incremental Transfer Capability
  • FEIS—Final Environmental impact statement (US)
  • FELCC—Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability
  • FERC—Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
  • FGD—Flue-gas desulfurization
  • FINESSE—Financing Energy Services for Small Scale Users
  • Fishway—Fish ladder
  • FLPMA—Federal Land Policy and Management Act (US)
  • FME—Free market economics
  • FONSI—Finding of no significant impact. See Environmental impact statement (US)
  • FPA—Federal Power Act (US)
  • FPC—Federal Power Commission (US)
  • FPS—Firm peaking service. See Peaking power plant
  • FRCC—Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (US)
  • FRS—Financial Reporting System
  • FT—Firm Transportation Service
  • FTC—Federal Trade Commission (US)
  • FTR—Firm Transmission Rights
    • —Financial Transmission Rights. See explanation in electricity markets.
  • FTS—Firm transportation service
  • FUA—The Fuel Use Act (US)
  • FUCO—Foreign Utility Company
  • FWPA—Federal Water Power Act (US)

G[]

  • G&T—Generation and transmission utility cooperative (electricity)
  • GADS—Generating Availability Data System (electricity)
  • GAL—gallon (measurement)
  • GAO—Government Accountability Office (General Accounting Office) (US) (government)
  • GATT—General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government)
  • GDP—gross domestic product (economics)
  • GEF—Global Environmental Facility (environment)
  • Genco—Any company doing electricity generation (US) (electricity)
  • GFN—Global Footprint Network
  • GFSE—Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (organization)
  • GIC—Gross Inland (energy) Consumption (EU) (energy)
  • GHG—Greenhouse gas (climate)
  • GIA—Generator Interconnection Agreement (electricity)
  • GIC—Gas Inventory Charge (natural gas)
  • GISB—Gas Industry Standards Board (now NAESB) (US) (natural gas)
  • GLDF—Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
  • Gm3—Billion cubic metres (measurement – gas)
  • GMO—Genetically modified organism
  • GMP—Green Mountain Power (US) (electricity)
  • GNP—gross national product (economics)
  • GNSED—Global Network for Sustainable Energy Development
  • GRI—Gas Research Institute (US) (natural gas)
  • GRC—General rate case (US) (regulatory)
  • GridCo—Any company running a transmission grid (electricity). Also known as a TransCo (US) (electricity)
  • GSF—Generator to Load Distribution Factor. See Load balancing (electricity)
  • GPE—Gravitational Potential Energy
  • GSR—Gas Supply Realignment (natural gas)
  • Gt—Gigaton (1 billion tons) (measurement)
  • GTCC—Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (electricity)
  • GTI—Gas Technology Institute (US)
  • Gtoe—One billion tons of oil equivalent(EU) (measurement- oil)
  • GVEP—Global Village Energy Partnership (organization)
  • GVW—gross vehicle weight (transportation)
  • GW—Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect)
  • GWE—Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect)
  • Gwh—Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect)
  • GWP—global warming potential (climate)

H[]

  • HCA—Host Control Area (electricity)
  • HDD—Heating degree days a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to heat a business (conservation)
  • HERS— (conservation)
  • HHI—Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (markets)
  • HID—high intensity discharge (electricity)
  • hp—Horsepower (measurement)
  • HRSG—Heat recovery steam generation
  • HTGR—high temperature gas cooled reactor (nuclear)
  • HVAC—Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (conservation)
  • HVAR—Highly Valued Aquatic Resource
  • HVDC—High Voltage Direct Current

I[]

  • I/C—Interruptible /Curtailable (electricity)
  • ICAP—Installed Capacity (electricity)
  • ICAP-SCR—Installed capacity special case resources (electricity)
  • ICCP—Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (electricity)
  • ICE—Internal combustion engine (transportation)
  • ICT—Independent Coordinator of Transmission (US) (electricity)
    • —Information and Communication Technology
  • IDC— (electricity)
  • IEA—International Energy Agency (Paris)
  • IEM—Internal electricity market (electricity)
  • IEEE—Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • IEPE— (France)
  • IER—Incremental Energy Rate
  • IET—International emission trading (policy)
  • IGCC—Integrated coal gasification combined cycle
  • IGIC—Interim gas inventory charge (natural gas)
  • IGSC—Interim gas supply charge (natural gas)
  • IGT—Institute of Gas Technology (natural gas)
  • IGU—International Gas Union (natural gas)
  • IHR—Incremental Heat Rate- plant monitoring (electricity)
  • IIASA—International Institute for Applied System Analysis
  • IJC—International Joint Commission
  • ILP—Integrated Licensing Process
  • INGAA—
  • IOS—Interconnected Operations Services (electricity)
  • IOU—Investor owned utility (electricity)
  • IPAA—Independent Petroleum Association of America (oil)
  • IPCC—Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (climate)
  • IPP—Independent Power Producer (electricity)
  • IPS/UPS—Integrated Power System/United Power System, consisting of Independent Power Systems of 12 countries bordering Russia and the Unified Power System of Russia
  • IRC—ISO / RTO Council (electricity)
  • IROL— (electricity)
  • IRP—
  • IRR—Internal Rate of Return (finance)
  • ISO—Independent System Operator (US) (see also TSO) Responsible for grid management, but does not own assets. (electricity)
  • ISO-NE—Independent System Operator of New England, a regional transmission organization. (US) (electricity)
  • ISO— (electricity)
  • ISS—
  • IT—Interruptible Transportation is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)
  • ITC—Investment tax credit (policy)
  • ITS—"Interruptible Transportation Service" is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas)

J[]

K[]

  • koe—One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement)
  • kV—Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
  • kVA— (measurement)
  • kvar—one thousand vars (measurement)
  • kW—Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
  • kWE— (measurement)
  • kWh—Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement)

L[]

  • LaaR— (electricity)
  • LBA—Local Balancing Authority (electricity)
  • LBNL—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • LCOD— (electricity)
  • LCOE—Levelized cost of energy (electricity)
  • LCOS—Levelized cost of storage (electricity)
  • LDC—Local distribution company (electricity)
  • LED—Light Emitting Diode
  • LEVP—
  • LHV—lower heating value
  • Li-Ion—Lithium Ion (electricity storage)
  • LIHEAP—Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
  • LIPA—Long Island Power Authority (US) (electricity)
  • LLF—Load-loss factor (electricity)
  • LMP—Locational marginal price/pricing. See explanation in electricity markets.
  • LMR—Load Modifying Resource (electricity)
  • LNG—Liquified Natural Gas
  • LODF— (electricity)
  • LOLE— (electricity)
  • LPG—liquefied petroleum gas
  • LPN—
  • LRG—
  • LSE—
  • LSF—
  • lsfo—
  • LWR—light water reactor

M[]

  • MAAC—
  • MADRI— (US)
  • MAIN— (US)
  • MAOP—Maximum allowable operating pressure
  • MAPP— (US)
  • MBD—
  • MBOE—One million barrels of oil equivalent(EU)
  • MBR—
  • MBS—
  • Mcf—Roman numeral "M" for one thousand cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
  • MDAS—
  • MDD—
  • MDDQ—
  • MDM—Meter Data Management
  • MDQ—
  • MECS—
  • MEDREP—
  • MER—
  • MERC—Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US)
  • MFV—
  • MISO—Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. A regional transmission organization. (US)
  • MLP—
  • MLRA—Major Land Resource Areas
  • MM—Used to denote million in gas usage
  • MMbbl/d—one million barrels of oil per day
  • MMBtu—1 million British thermal units, same as dekatherm
  • MMC—
  • MMCF—one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas)
  • MMCFD—one million cubic feet per day
  • MMGAL—one million gallons
  • MMGAL/D—one million gallons per day
  • MMS—Minerals Management Service (US)
  • MMST—one million short tons
  • MODFLOW—
  • MOU—Memorandum of Understanding
  • MOX—mixed oxide fuel (nuclear)
  • MPAN - Meter Point Administration Number
  • MPG—Miles per gallon
  • MRO—Midwest Reliability Organization (US)
  • MSA—metropolitan statistical area
  • MSHA—Mine Safety and Health Administration (US)
  • msl—Mean sea level
  • MSW—Municipal solid waste
  • Mt—one million tons (ambiguous as to whether short tons or metric tons)
    • —one Metric ton
  • MTBE—methyl tertiary butyl ether
  • MTEF—
  • MTEP— (US)
  • Mtoe—One million tons of oil equivalent(EU)
  • Muni—Municipality
  • MVA—Megavolt amperes (one million volt amperes)
  • MW—Megawatt (one million watts)
  • MWE—
  • MWh—Megawatt hour (one million watt hours)

N[]

  • NAAQS—National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US)
  • NAESB—
  • NAFTA—North American Free Trade Agreement
  • NAICS—North American Industry Classification System
  • NAP—National Renewable Energy Action Plan
  • NARUC—National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (US) [1]
  • NAS—United States National Academy of Sciences
  • NASPI—North American Synchrophasor Initiative
  • NASUCA—(US)
  • NATC—Non Recallable Available Transfer Capability
  • NBS—National Bureau of Standards (US)
  • NCD—
  • NCEP—National Council on Electricity Policy (US) [2]
  • NCSL—National Conference of State Legislatures (US)
  • NEA—The National Energy Act of 1978 (US)
  • NEB—National Energy Board (Canada)
  • NEDRI— (US)
  • NEM—Net energy metering (US)
  • NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act (US)
  • NEPOOL—New England Power Pool
  • NERC—North American Electric Reliability Council
  • NGA—Natural Gas Act (US)
  • NGAA— (US)
  • NGL—natural gas liquids
  • NGPA—Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (US)
  • NGPL—Natural gas plant liquids
  • NGPSA— (US)
  • NGSA— (US)
  • NGV—Natural gas vehicle
  • NHPA—National Historic Preservation Act (US)
  • NIETC—National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (US)
  • NITC—
  • NIMBY—Not in my backyard regarding siting of energy generation and transmission infrastructure.
  • NOAA—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
  • NOC—National Oil Company
  • NOI—
  • NOPR—Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (US)
  • NORDEL—association of Nordic electric system operators, comprising Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
  • NOx—nitrogen oxides
  • NPCC—Northeast Power Coordinating Council (US)
  • NPV—Net Present Value
  • NRC—Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
  • NRCS—National Resource Conservation Service (US)
  • NRECA— (US)
  • NREL—National Renewable Energy Laboratory (US)
  • NREPA— (US)
  • NRI— (US)
  • NRIS—Network Resource Interconnection Service (electricity)
  • NSA—
  • NTAC— (US)
  • NUG—
  • NURE— (US)
  • NYDER—
  • NYISO—New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (US)
  • NYMEX—New York Mercantile Exchange
  • NYPSC—New York Public Service Commission
  • NYSERDA— Authority

O[]

  • O&M—Operation and Maintenance Expenses
  • O3—Ozone
  • OASIS—Open Access Same-Time Information System
  • OATI- (US energy software company)
  • OATT— (US)
  • OCS—Outer Continental Shelf (oil and wind resources)
  • OCSLA—Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (oil)
  • OECD—Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • OEM—original equipment manufacturers
  • OFO—
  • OMP—
  • Ontario— (Canada)
  • OPEC—Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (oil)
  • OPRG— (oil)
  • OREC-ocean resource energy credits
  • ORNL— (nuclear)
  • OSHA— Administration
  • OTAG—
  • OTDF—
  • OTEC—ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity)

P[]

Q[]

  • QF—
  • QSE—
  • QUAD—1015 Btu (a quadrillion in the short scale)

R[]

S[]

T[]

  • TAME—Tertiary amyl methyl ether
  • TAPS—Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (natural gas)
  • TBA—tertiary butyl alcohol
  • TBL— (electricity)
  • TBS—
  • Tcf—Trillion cubic feet (measurement)
  • TCR— (mechanism)
  • TDU— (electricity)
  • TEFRA—
  • TEN—Trans-European Networks (electricity)
  • TLR— (electricity)
  • TO— (electricity)
  • toe—Ton of oil equivalent (EU)
  • TOP— (electricity)
  • TOU— (electricity)
  • Transco— (US) (electricity)
  • TRM— (electricity)
  • TSO—Transmission system operator) (electricity)
  • TSR—Transmission service request (electricity)
  • TTC— (electricity)
  • TVA—Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
  • TW—terawatt (one trillion watts) (measurement)
  • TWH—terawatt-hour (one trillion watt hours)
  • T&D—

U[]

  • U.S.C.—United States Code
  • U3O8—triuranium octaoxide (nuclear)
  • UAE—United Arab Emirates (oil)
  • UCAP—Unforced Capacity (electricity)
  • UCTE—, the power transmission system of continental Europe
  • UF6—uranium hexafluoride (nuclear)
  • UFLS— (electricity)
  • UHVAC—ultra-high-voltage alternating current (electricity)
  • UHVDC—ultra-high-voltage direct current (electricity)
  • ULCC—Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
  • UMTRA— (US)
  • UNCCD—United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  • UNDESA—UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • UNDP—United Nations Development Programme
  • UNDP—United Nations Development Programme
  • UNECE—United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  • UNEP—United Nations Environment Programme
  • UNFCCC— Change
  • UO2—uranium dioxide (nuclear)
  • UO3—uranium trioxide (nuclear)
  • UO4—uranyl peroxide (nuclear)
  • UOX—uranium oxide (nuclear)
  • URR—
  • USBR—United States Bureau of Reclamation
  • USCE—United States Army Corps of Engineers
  • US DOE—United States Department of Energy
  • USGS—United States Geological Survey
  • UVLS— (electricity)

V[]

W[]

Appendix: Residential energy acronyms[]

The following table lists a number of terms that are used in the United States for residential energy audits.

  • AFUE—annual fuel utilization efficiency
  • BTL—building tightness limit (building tightness)
  • CDH—cooling degree hours (climate)
  • CFL—compact fluorescent light
  • COP—coefficient of performance
  • CRI—color rendering index
  • EEM—Energy Efficient Mortgage
  • EER—energy efficiency ratio
  • EF—energy factor (clothes washers)
  • EIM—Energy Improvement Mortgage
  • ERV—energy-recovery ventilator
  • HDD—heating degree day
  • HHI—home heating index
  • HID—high-intensity discharge
  • HRV—heat-recovery ventilator
  • HSPF—heating seasonal performance factor
  • HVI—Home Ventilating Institute
  • IECC—International Energy Conservation Code
  • K-value—thermal conductance
  • Low-e—low emissivity
  • LEED—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design
  • MEF—modified energy factor (clothes washers)
  • MINHERS—Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Systems Standards
  • MVG—minimum ventilation guideline (building tightness)
  • MVL—minimum ventilation level (building tightness)
  • NAECA—National Appliance Energy Conservation Act
  • ODS—oxygen depletion sensor
  • RESNET—Residential energy services network
  • R-value—thermal resistance
  • SC—shading coefficient (windows)
  • SEER—seasonal E efficiency ratio
  • SHGC—solar heat gain coefficient
  • SIR—savings-to-investment ratio (energy conservation investments)
  • SLA—Specific leakage area
  • SPB—Simple Payback (energy conservation investments)
  • SSE—steady-state efficiency
  • U-value—thermal transmittance (also called U-factor)
  • WF—water factor (clothes washers)

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References[]

  1. ^ www.llbc.leg.bc.ca (PDF) http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/409037/info43192.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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