energy
705 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| PIFUA | Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 | |
| PJM | PJM Interconnection, LLC, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity) | |
| PLC | Power line communication (electricity) | |
| PLMA | Peak Load Management Association (US) (electricity) | |
| PM | Particulate matter | |
| PM&E | Protection, mitigation and enhancement | |
| PMA | Power Marketing Administration or Fed. Power Marketing Agency (US) (electricity) | |
| PMU | Phasor measurement unit (electricity) | |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US) | |
| POD | Point of Delivery | |
| POLES | Prospective On Long Term Energy Systems | |
| POLR | Provider of last resort (electricity) | |
| PPA | Power Purchase Agreement (electricity) | |
| PPI | producer price index | |
| ppmv | Parts Per Million by Volume | |
| ppp | Purchasing power parity | |
| PPR | Potential peak reduction | |
| PREP | Pacific Regional Energy Programme | |
| PRESSEA | Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources in South East Asia (PRESSEA) | |
| Prim | Primary (electricity) nuclear, hydro, geothermal, wind, solar | |
| PSC | Public Service Commission | |
| PSD | Prevention of Significant Deterioration | |
| PSE | Puget Sound Energy (US) (electricity) | |
| PTDF | Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity) | |
| PTP | Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity) | |
| PUC | Public Utility Commission (electricity) | |
| PUD | Public Utility District (electricity) | |
| PUHCA | Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity) | |
| PURPA | Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity) | |
| PV | photovoltaic (solar) | |
| PVC | photovoltaic cell (solar) | |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride | |
| PWR | pressurized water reactor (nuclear) | |
| PX | Power exchange | |
| QF | qualifying facility | |
| QSE | Qualifying scheduling entity | |
| QUAD | 1015 Btu (a quadrillion in the short scale) | |
| R/P | Reserve on Production | |
| R/P | Reserves to Production | |
| RAB | Regional Advisory Body (US) | |
| RAC | Refiners' acquisition cost | |
| RAP | Regulatory Assistance Project | |
| RAR | Reasonable assured resources | |
| RAS | Remedial Action Scheme | |
| RATC | Recallable Available Transmission Capability | |
| RBMK | Russian: Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный = "High Power Channel Type Reactor" (RU) | |
| RBOB | reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending | |
| RC | Reliability Coordinator | |
| RCIS | Reliability Coordinator Information System | |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (US) |