energy
705 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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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) |